The number of tourists to Japan exceed 10 million

The number of tourists to Japan exceed 10 million

In 2013, the number of foreign tourists to Japan for the first time to 10 million tourists. According to the Tourism Bureau of the Japanese government, the number of visited Japan until day 20 of the month of December / December 2013 has exceeded the 10 million visitors. Since 2003, the Japanese government aims to make Japan a tourist country and placed in front of their eyes the goal of increasing the number of tourists to 10 million, and launched a campaign visit Japan (VJC) The number of tourists arrived to weakness in these ten years.

The issuance of tourist visas facilities helped to increase tourists

The reason for the influx of foreign tourists to Japan to the Japanese government facilities to the requirements of the issuance of tourist visas for tourists from Southeast Asian countries and China (ASEAN), in addition to the development of the acceptance of foreigners and to improve immigration procedures, and the expansion of low cost airlines system (LCC) and increase the number of flights . Banners as indicative spread in the main buildings in Tokyo in English, Chinese and Korean in preparation for receiving more tourists. In addition, the rapid decline in the yen resulting from the value of Abe's economic policy in 2013 led to the creation of a sense of foreigners visiting Japan cheap flights and products that are purchased in Japan prices.

60% of foreign tourists from Korea and China

The number of foreign tourists to Japan five million and 210 thousand people in 2003 and a growing number thereafter until the global financial crisis in 2009, where the number of foreign tourists fell to Japan, but it began to rise again since 2011, and has reached more than 10 million people in the 2013. And Omma is no doubt that this will increase economic results of up to about 1% of consumer spending in view of the gross domestic product (GDP). In light of the low number of Japan's population, the domestic tourism policy, which aims to attract foreign tourists, is expected to lead to the activation of the local economy and the positive impact on the economy.

The foreign tourists attributed to Japan as countries (total 9 million and 490 thousand people) from January to November 24% of South Korea, and 13% in Taiwan, 13% Chinese, 8% of the United States, 7 % of Hong Kong 0.4% of, and 22% from different places. It is worth mentioning that in spite of the strained relations between Japan and China, and South Korea, including with regard to the problem of land, however, about 60% of foreigners visiting Japan from the Chinese and Koreans.

Japan make their way in the field of tourism

  But given the number of foreign tourists from a global perspective it is still in front of Japan for a long time before they enter the ranks of the "tourist developed countries." According to "the global ranking of countries Alsaaahih in the world for the year 2012" carried out by the World Tourism agency of the United Nations, France, the world's largest number of tourist to their tourists 83.00001 million thousand people. Followed by the United States, bringing the number of tourists where to 66 million and 960 thousand people, then China comes in third place with 57 million and 720 thousand tourists, then Spain in fourth place and bringing the number of their tourists to 57 million and 700 thousand, come Italy in fifth place with 46 million and 360 thousand tourists. Japan came in third and thirty-ranked countries in the world with the arrival of their tourists to number 8 million and 360 thousand tourists, and this number does not exceed ten tourists France.

With the arrival of the number of tourists to more than ten million tourists in 2013, it is likely enter Japan within the first 30 classified globally tourist state. The world is heading now Bonzarh to Japan after Tokyo decided to host the Olympics and Paralympics in 2020. Making the government sets a target of the arrival of counting foreign tourists to Japan to "20 million tourists," until 2020. In order to achieve this, requires more promotional activities in various fields such as international conferences, hosting and improve the environment for foreign tourists, and enhance the attractiveness of Japan to foreigners.

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