Japon 2007: 28e destination mondiale
Japon 2018: 12e destination mondiale
Plus de 300 000 touristes français en 2018, un record.
How many tourists are too many for Japan?
Japon troisième destination de la région Asie-Pacifique en 2018 derrière la Chine et la Thaïlande.
Government officials estimate that 31.2 million foreign nationals visited Japan in 2018. The figure rose 8.7 percent from a year earlier, marking a record high for the 6th straight year.In recent years, Japan has been making an effort to boost tourism as it prepares for the economic impact of a declining birthrate and aging society. The government is aiming to increase the number of foreign visitors to 40 million by 2020, the year of the Tokyo Olympics.
Source: NHK
By Maiko Eiraku
Wednesday January 16, 2019
https://www3.nhk.or.jp/nhkworld/nhknewsline/backstories/foreignvisitors/
JEAN-PAUL TARRIEUX