截至9月，已有2688万游客抵达日本，同比增长 54.7%，已经超过了2023年的游客总数。这使得今年全年有望打破2019年创下的3190万游客的纪录。①Driven by the weakness of the Japanese yen, Japan's tourism industry in 2024 is unprecedentedly booming; ② Data shows that as of September, international tourists spent 5.86 trillion yen (equivalent to 39.27 billion USD) in Japan; ③ This surpasses the consumption record of 5.3 trillion yen set in the entire year of 2023.
Finance Associated Press, October 17th (Editor: Bian Chun) Driven by the weakness of the Japanese yen, Japan's tourism industry in 2024 is unprecedentedly booming. The latest official data released shows that the spending of tourists visiting Japan has broken the annual record within a short period of 9 months.
According to preliminary data released by the Japan National Tourism Organization (JNTO) on Wednesday, as of September, international tourists spent 5.86 trillion yen (equivalent to 39.27 billion USD) in Japan. This exceeds the annual consumption record of 5.3 trillion yen set in 2023.
As of September, 26.88 million tourists have arrived in Japan, a year-on-year increase of 54.7%, surpassing the total number of tourists in 2023. This is expected to break the record of 31.9 million tourists set in 2019 for the entire year.
Based on data from July to September, the average expenditure per person of tourists visiting Japan is 0.223 million yen. Italians spend the most, followed by Spaniards and Russians.
Data shows that the number of tourists visiting Japan in September was 2.87 million, a staggering 31.5% increase year-on-year, but slightly less than the 2.93 million people in August.
In July this year, the number of tourists visiting Japan reached 3.29 million, setting a monthly record high. Since February this year, the number of tourists visiting Japan has broken monthly records multiple times.
Tourism plays a very important role in the Japanese economy. Over 20 years ago, Japan proposed the "Visit Japan" global strategy, hoping to drive economic recovery by revitalizing the tourism industry.
Tourist spending is classified as exports in Japan's national economic accounting, expected to become the country's second largest export industry after autos, but ahead of electronic components.
The Japanese tourism industry is thriving, largely driven by the weakness of the Japanese yen, which enhances the purchasing power of foreign tourists. Japan's anime, games, idols, and other subcultures have been widely popular worldwide.
