Statistics for June showed a record increase in tourist flow from Russia to Japan, which reached 7,000 people. In 2017, this figure was 5,500 people, thus, the increase was 26.1%, the Japan National Tourism Organization reports.
For the first six In the first months of 2018, 46,400 Russians visited Japan, which is 29.9% higher than last year's figures. In 2017, 35,720 people entered the land of the rising sun during the same period.
It is worth noting that the increase in Russian tourist flow is associated with new flights and their frequency from cities such as Irkutsk, Novosibirsk and Vladivostok.
In June, 2,704,500 foreign nationals entered Japan, an increase of 15.3% compared to the previous year. In the first six months, 15,898,500 people from around the world visited the country.
An analysis of the top 20 markets for the first six months of 2018 revealed the top five. These are Russia (29.9%), Vietnam (23.7%), China (23.6%), the Philippines (22.7%), and Spain (20.1%). Record growth in tourist flow to Japan in June was shown by countries such as Indonesia (46.4%), Thailand (42.2%), Vietnam (34.9%), Italy (32.1%), and China (29.6%).
Source: trn-news.ru
