Hello, my friends,
Here is a proposed practice for December 14 Online Meeting.
Title: Let's check our level of knowledge and information about Japan.
You may have opportunities to introduce unique Japanese culture, historically famous buildings and places, wonderfully delicious Japanese cuisines, and many other things to visitors from overseas. So, I’d like you to check your level of knowledge and information about Japan by challenging yourself with quiz.
For your information, I’ll provide you the latest information about the situation of visitors from overseas in FY2023 as follows.
The number of foreign visitors to Japan had reached a new record high until 2019 due to such measures as the strategic relaxation of visa requirements, the expansion of the consumption tax exemption system for foreign visitors to Japan, and the enhancement of the CIQ3 (Customs, Immigration, Quarantine) system, as well as the enhancement of transportation networks such as airlines, railways, and ports, the improvement of the reception environment such as multilingual labeling, the creation of attractive content, and the promotion of visits to Japan by the Japan National Tourism Organization (JNTO) and other organizations.
In October of the same year, the number of foreign visitors to Japan exceeded the same month in 2019, and the annual number of foreign visitors to Japan was 25.07 million (down 21.4% from 2019).
Looking at the number of foreign visitors to Japan in 2023 by country and region, the number of foreign visitors to Japan from the major Asian markets was 19.495 million, accounting for 77.8% of the total. In East Asia, South Korea was the largest of the major markets at 6.958 million, followed by Taiwan (4.202 million) and China (2.425 million), accounting for 62.6% of the total. In Southeast Asia, the number of foreign visitors to Japan from the six major markets of the Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN) was 3.628 million, and the number of visitors from Singapore, Indonesia, the Philippines, and Vietnam reached a record high.
The number of foreign visitors to Japan from the major North American markets was 2.472 million, and the number of visitors from the United States and Canada reached a record high. The number of foreign visitors to Japan from the six major European markets was 1.213 million, and the number of foreign visitors to Japan from Australia was 613,000. In other regions, South America was 99000 and Africa was 38000.
I hope you'll enjoy the upcoming second-half practice on December 14.
Regards,
Makoto NISHIMURA