Foreigner hotel stays in Japan top 10 mil. for 1st time in 3 years

The total number of overnight stays by foreigners at hotels and other accommodation facilities in Japan topped 10 million in April for the first time since January 2020, government data showed Wednesday, buoyed by a weaker yen and increased international flights.The figure rose 19.5-fold from a year before to 10.38 million, equivalent to 92.0 percent of the total in April 2019 before the coronavirus outbreak, according to the preliminary data released by the Japan Tourism Agency.Even in 2019, when a record-high number of foreigners visited the country, the monthly total of guest nights by f…READ FULL ARTICLE