Foreign visitors to Japan in 2022 up 15-fold to 3.83 million

Good to see them all back, but why is my flight at least twice the price of theirs, average wages also a third less than Aussies get ?

But ANA start direct flights to boring dull Perth come October.

Bobo

Because of greed.

Tickets from Japan are pricey and t does not matter where you want to fly.

"A further recovery in the number of foreign arrivals will likely depend on the return of visitors from mainland China"

Likely? I would say almost completely.

So it's only reach 12% compared to pre-pandemic still need to get another 88% to reach pre-pandemic tourist.

3.83 million after the easing of border controls imposed to counter the coronavirus pandemic, according to government data.

The number was still 88 percent lower than the record high of 31.88 million in the pre-pandemic year of 2019, the Japan Tourism Agency said.

Japanese government really have big hope with foreign tourists.

https://japantoday.com/category/politics/japan-pm-pinning-hopes-on-big-spending-tourists-to-revive-economy

88 percent lower than the record high of 31.88 million in the pre-pandemic year of 2019

A 15-fold increase of near zero is pretty much meaningless verbiage(junk journalism).

Look how silly people look wearing masks outdoors! Who would want to tour like that? At least it's not summer... yet!

JapanToday, Please start using photographs featuring unmasked peeps. It is really time to get beyond this needless scaremongering.

Hoping to get back to Japan in the Autumn, but the flights from the UK are so much more expensive than in 2018, when I last went to Japan - nearly double the price.

I don't really mind whether I have to wear a mask to avoid stares, or whatever - I just want to get back to my favourite places, see my friends, and just enjoy myself.

The picture looks more like ジジババツアーI mean高齢者ツアー Kouresya tour, than travelers from overseas.

Japan scrapped coronavirus testing requirements in October last year.

No, it didn’t

Still need a PCR test if not thrice vaccinated

That is not a scrapping of requirements

I wish they would announce the number of non-Japanese entering the country on tourist visas. It must be possible to count them. This would be the number of "visitors" to Japan.

At present, they just count anyong non-Japanese (NJ). If you count the number of NJ crossing the border, you will get lots of residents and lots of workers, neither of which is very interesting. All you want is the number of tourists.

If/When the tracking apps, testing and other restrictions are dropped, the numbers might go up more. 88% down doesn't hit the tipping point for the restoration of the tourist economy, much of which will have shut down to protect itself and may not restart. That restricts the rise of incomers to Japanophiles rather than general tourists. Other places in Asia are now requiring nothing but masks. The Arctic air route from Europe is still restricted by Russia. Japan may re-open fully, slowly, or simply won't, permanently limiting tourism. Time will tell.

@Bob Arrived into HND today from Detroit. The only hold up AT ALL was waiting for luggage.

Depending on time of Day, trains can be impossible with lots of luggage

Flight was same price as 4Q19 and 1Q20 and cheaper than November 2022.

International hotel chains.. woah a lot more expensive in JPY. 50% higher than ever before

The PCR test is more of a risk than a hassle if you look at the time spent traveling, so I got my shots

I don’t think Japan will ever hit pre-pandemic numbers for International Tourism again. It took years to get that momentum and it was the right place for that time.

Spent most of November in Tokyo and Kyushu. Tourists must be confused to see the obsessive mask wearing everywhere. Everywhere but inside crowded coffee shops and restaurants, where the unmasked mingle unprotected or with a tiny plastic barrier at their tables. And everyone wonders why the high numbers of positives.

Excellent, and many more millions coming for 2023..

GO JAPAN !!..

visited tokyo in nov, such an enjoyment. still not too many visitors at time, good restaurant as before.