Japan 2023 foreign arrivals top 20 mil. already in November, 1st in 4 yrs

The number of foreign visitor arrivals in Japan in 11 months from January totaled 22,332,000, topping 20 million in a calendar year for the first time since 2019, government data showed Wednesday, a fresh sign of the tourism boom's resurgence in the country following the coronavirus pandemic.For November alone, the country recorded an estimated 2,440,800 foreign visitors, exceeding the 2 million mark for the sixth consecutive month, on the back of a significant increase in the number of travelers from Asia and North America amid a weak yen and resumption of airline services, according to th…READ FULL ARTICLE