Foreign tourists in Japan recover to pre-COVID levels

Nikkei Asia | Oct. 18, 2023, 1:01 p.m. | Original

TOKYO -- Inbound tourism to Japan has made a nearly complete recovery to levels seen before the pandemic, official data shows.

September had 2.18 million tourists arriving from overseas, which is 96.1% of the volume in the same month in 2019, the Japan National Tourism Organization (JNTO) said Wednesday.

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