Japan saw record 17.78 million foreign visitors in 1st half of 2024

Japan saw a record 17.78 million foreign visitors in the first half of 2024, with a weak yen also boosting spending to a new quarterly high of around 2.1 trillion yen ($13 billion) in April-June, a government source said Thursday.Visitor numbers for the first six months of the year topped the previous high of 16.63 million set in 2019 before the COVID-19 pandemic. The number of foreign visitors in June totaled 3.14 million, a record for a single month and exceeding 3 million for the fourth consecutive month, the source said.If the current pace continues, the annual number of visitors for 20…READ FULL ARTICLE