The Japan National Tourism Organisation’s (JNTO) report for the primary half of 2024 exhibits that greater than 17 million vacationers made their solution to Japan as of thirtieth June.
The semestral Japan Travel Statistics report confirmed a 51.2 percent year-on-year increase in foreign arrivals to the nation for the interval spanning January to June 2024.
June posted the most important variety of foreign travellers getting into the nation, with 3,135,600 as of the month’s finish. East Asian vacationers made up the majority of these arrivals, with round 703,300 coming in from (*50*) Korea alone.
Surging numbers = issues for overtourism
While (*50*) Korea registered the most important variety of vacationers to Japan, China was not far behind with 660,900.
The variety of Russian vacationers getting into the nation elevated by over 50 percent, rising from 2,381 on the similar time final 12 months to five,600.
But whereas larger vacationer numbers signify an increase in revenues for the tourism, hospitality, and transport sectors, many Japanese residents raised issues about overtourism in the post-pandemic period.
Such issues are legitimate in gentle of latest protests in Europe over the unfavorable affect of tourism on locals, significantly in the Spanish metropolis of Barcelona. As a end result, Japan and different Asian nations like Indonesia are mulling over measures to stop overtourism, together with the imposition of upper journey taxes, twin pricing fashions that might be advantageous to locals, in addition to stricter safety laws.