JNTO (Japan National Tourism Organization) announced the estimated number of foreign visitors to Japan in September 2022.
Entry restrictions that had been in place in response to the spread of the new coronavirus are being eased or eliminated worldwide at an accelerating pace. In Japan, the acceptance of escorted package tours resumed in June, and the acceptance of unaccompanied package tours resumed in September. The number of foreign visitors to Japan in September totaled 206,500, due in part to the abolition of the requirement to present negative certificates for vaccine inoculants.
While this is only a 90.9% decrease compared to the pre-Corona actual for the same month in 2019 (2,272,883), it is the first estimate above 200,000 since new arrivals resumed under certain conditions in March 2022, according to the report.
In addition, as the government eased waterfront measures and reopened entry to individual travelers for tourism purposes on October 11, the government has been working to improve the environment in various parts of the country (such as addressing travel needs in post-Corona), disseminate accurate information on immigration procedures, and promote sustainable, high-value-added travel, and “the It is necessary to strengthen efforts to achieve a full-fledged recovery of inbound travel”.
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