Foreign visitors to Japan hit record high for October

The increase in visitors to Japan in October was partly due to the country’s autumn foliage season.

The number of visitors from South Korea rose 18.4 % to 867,200 in the latest reporting month, the largest by country or region. Visitors from mainland China increased 22.8 % to 715,700, followed by those from Taiwan, at 595,900, up 24.4 %, and those from the United States, at 335,700, up 20.6 %.

For January-October, the number of South Korean visitors came to about 7.6 million, up 6.4 % from a year before, and the second largest after mainland China. Taiwan ranked third, with some 5.6 million people visiting Japan from the self-governing island.

Meanwhile, the estimated number of Japanese nationals who travelled abroad in October rose 8.3 % to 1,243,600.

[Copyright The Jiji Press, Ltd.]