Tourism in Japan
In 2003, the central government launched the Visit Japan Campaign, aiming to boost the number of incoming foreign visitors to 10 million per year by 2010 and 20 million by 2020. Japanese are well known to be curious about other countries and cultures and they are to be first in the world to travel abroad
well known to be visiting tourists around the world Japan is said to be the first in one of the world the famous for visiting other countries. But only few foreigners are coming to visit Japan.
Visiting Japan is not only about the money that foreigners are brining to some ailing businesses, but also about introducing Japanese's culture to more foreigners.
Until recently, the campaign seemed to be working. The number of foreign travelers steadily increased from 5.2 million in 2003 to 8.3 million in 2007. Of the visitors in 2007, South Koreans comprised the biggest group, accounting for 31.2 percent of all inbound travel, followed by Taiwanese (16.6 percent), Chinese (11.3 percent) and Americans (9.8 percent). Altogether, visitors from the rest of Asia made up nearly three quarters of all arrivals, while North Americans accounted for 12.2 percent and Europeans 10.5 percent.
The most visited places:
well known to be visiting tourists around the world Japan is said to be the first in one of the world the famous for visiting other countries. But only few foreigners are coming to visit Japan.
Visiting Japan is not only about the money that foreigners are brining to some ailing businesses, but also about introducing Japanese's culture to more foreigners.
Until recently, the campaign seemed to be working. The number of foreign travelers steadily increased from 5.2 million in 2003 to 8.3 million in 2007. Of the visitors in 2007, South Koreans comprised the biggest group, accounting for 31.2 percent of all inbound travel, followed by Taiwanese (16.6 percent), Chinese (11.3 percent) and Americans (9.8 percent). Altogether, visitors from the rest of Asia made up nearly three quarters of all arrivals, while North Americans accounted for 12.2 percent and Europeans 10.5 percent.
The most visited places:
