Visitors to Japan in August at 85% of Pre-COVID Level
![](https://japannews.yomiuri.co.jp/wp-content/uploads/2023/09/20230810G0TG0TJ9991213.jpg)
Tourists from abroad pose for a commemorative photo in front of the Kaminarimon gate in Asakusa, Tokyo, in August.
17:43 JST, September 20, 2023
Tokyo (Jiji Press) — The estimated number of visitors to Japan in August recovered to 85.6% of the level marked just before the COVID-19 pandemic, the Japan National Tourism Organization said Wednesday.
The figure stood at 2,156,900 against 2,520,134 in August 2019. Compared with a year before, the latest number jumped about 13-fold.
The number of visitors topped 80% of pre-pandemic levels for the first time, thanks to the resumption of group tours from China and the effects of the weak yen.
Visitors from mainland China increased to over 360,000 from some 310,000 in July. But the number remained at 36.4% of the August 2019 level due partly to trip cancellations spurred by Tokyo Electric Power Company Holdings Inc.’s release of tritium-containing treated water from its Fukushima No. 1 nuclear power plant into the ocean.
"Society" POPULAR ARTICLE
-
Typhoon Shanshan Forms, Slowly Moves Toward Japan; Govt Says Typhoon No. 10 Likely to Approach Japan Next Week
-
Typhoon Ampil Approaching Japan
-
Shizuoka Pref. City Offers Foreigners Free Japanese Language Classes; Aims to Raise Non-Natives to Daily Conversation Level
-
Typhoon No. 10 Forecast to Develop; Move into Pacific Ocean South of Japan on Aug. 26
-
Tokyo Companies Prepare for Ashfall From Mt. Fuji Eruption; Disposal Of Ash, Possibly at Sea, A Major Challenge
JN ACCESS RANKING