One in Four Foreign Visitors to Japan is Korean... 620,000 in July, the Highest This Year

One out of every four foreigners who visited Japan last month was Korean.

City view from the 52nd floor of Azabudai Hills Mori JP Tower in Tokyo, Japan / Photo by Yonhap News

The Japan National Tourism Organization (JNTO) announced on the 16th that the number of foreign visitors to Japan in July this year was provisionally estimated at 2,326,000, an 11.9% increase from the previous month. This is the highest monthly figure this year.

Among them, Koreans remained in first place with 626,800 visitors. The number of Koreans visiting Japan was in the range of 400,000 to 500,000 per month in the first half of this year, but last month it exceeded 600,000 for the first time.

JNTO analyzed that "the increase in Korean visitors was due to the easing of Japan's quarantine policies, the resumption of flights to various parts of Japan, and summer vacation."

Next, Taiwanese visitors ranked second with 422,300, followed by Chinese visitors in third place with 313,300. Visitors from Hong Kong and the United States numbered 216,400 and 198,800 respectively.

According to Kyodo News, the number of foreign visitors to Japan last month was 22.4% lower compared to the same month in 2019 before the spread of COVID-19, but the number of visitors from countries and regions excluding China increased by 3.4%.

However, with the Chinese government recently allowing group tours to Korea and Japan for its citizens, the number of Chinese visitors to Japan is expected to increase significantly.

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