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© Thomson Reuters 2023.Japan visitors rise to nearly 2 million in April after China eases travel curbs
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Asiaman7
Who wants our trains, stations, and streets 33% more crowded than they are now? No me.
obladi
The economy needed this. And it's not just China. People from all over the world are visiting Japan.
Meiyouwenti
Foreign tourists are welcome but inbound tourism makes up less than one percent of Japan’s GDP. Another pandemic or war may be in store. It’s not wise to depend too much on something you can’t control.
Yubaru
And it feels like all of them came down here with the domestic tourist crowd too!
I know it's helping the economy recover, but I am already feeling nostalgic and wanting the "corona" days back!
Not all is wonderful having the tourists back, their rudeness, nasty-arsed habits, and damn poor manners, are not welcome, foreign or domestic!
TokyoLiving
Excellent !!..
Numbers rising, visitors bringing more and more money to the Japanese economy and getting to know one of the coolest and most beautiful countries in the world..
GO JAPAN !!..
FrenchFox
Inbound tourism is only 1% of Japan's GDP. In other words, it makes no difference.
Clay
Tourism's confidence thing, because with no 'Flu' designation everyone can be confident now, though medical community and virus feel decidedly otherwise, mutations, number of Excess Deaths and severe disease never greater.
Let's go back to new normal, enjoy and remember best practices, infection has LONG term medical implications!
stormcrow
Love their money, hate their manners.
Clay
Recovery, Haneda and Narrita total inbound and outbound GW traffic, approx. 1M, 2019, approx. 1.6M, so it's FAR better than last year but....
elephant200
Today's China economy is the Japan in 1980s, when their people's overseas spending is important to some countries' tour industry.
Stephen
Some posters whining about the poor manners of tourists. It’s the other way round. It’s bad manners to judge guests who have made the effort to visit the country where you live. The majority of tourists are decent people, respectful of Japan and interested in the culture. Welcome them.
TaiwanIsNotChina
Good, we only have about ten years before they crash then.
OssanAmerica
@elephant200
Just my opinion but your country really bites. China will never be the leader of any international forum other than by force, threat of force or snagging weaker nations with debt. No country, barring places like NKorea, Myanmar etc "want" to be like China.
TaiwanIsNotChina
Global reserves still 60% dollars and 3% renminbi. Nobody wants a garbage manipulated currency:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Reserve_currency
Minikaeru
Already seen a couple of these tourists making a scene at Tokyo station today. Its like the cool out time from COVID only made them more reckless.
stormcrow
“China will not crash like Japan in 1990s because we are not U.S. puppet…”
Yeah, the communists have such a shining record when it comes to capitalism. Park your money in China and watch it disappear whenever a crisis hits. No thanks!
kyushubill
Good thing those 2 mil CCP politicos got their vacays.
Sven Asai
2mio only? I’ve seen a felt 3mio. during Golden week alone. lol
kurisupisu
Chinese tourists can misbehave in Japan as it only results in a week detained at the local koban
In China they are disappeared...
Michael Boiano
The locals will be thrilled, I'm sure.
Aaron J
Tokyo specifically needs to come to grips with the fact that it is an international city and business hub. All the complaints I’ve been hearing make me think folks have forgotten that. The wave of backlogged tourism will die off, but international visitors will continue to grow indefinitely.