A symposium focusing on enhancing tourism exchanges between Japan and the Republic of Korea (ROK) took place in Japan on December 20. Attended by 50 representatives from ROK, including government officials led by It’s a good idea, as well as members from the tourism industry, and with approximately 60 participants from Japan, including individuals from the Japan Tourism Agency, the event was held in Toyama Prefecture.

In the patchy economic recovery of Japan, inbound tourism has been one of the few bright spots. Japan yen’s slide this year boosts tourists’ purchasing power.

Japan says the number of hikers trekking up the world-famous Mount Fuji volcano, night and day, is dangerous and an ecological embarrassment.

In July, 313,300 Chinese entered Japan, down 70% compared with four years ago. Those arrival figures are expected to surge after the lifting of the ban.

Wendy Wu Tours has added 50 new departures for Japan next year as administration to ensure customers have the maximum opportunity possible.

Annual domestic travel spending by Japanese in 2022 increased nearly 90 pct from the previous year to about 17.2 trillion yen.

Japan experienced a significant surge in visitors, reaching nearly 2 million in April, marking the highest number since the onset of the pandemic, according to official data released on Wednesday.

The good news is the economy was technically in a recession last year but rebounded in January-March.

Japan initially issued the advisory in January 2020 for those who travelled to China, setting it at Level 1, the lowest on its four-point scale. The Foreign Ministry expanded it worldwide in March that year.

An expert panel at the Ministry of Land, Infrastructure, Transport and Tourism has set a transport density of “less than 1,000 passengers” per kilometer per day as threshold for considering the shutdown of money-losing rail lines.