How will Japan rebuild its tourism industry after the blows inflicted on it by the COVID-19 pandemic? Strategies that will lead to stable growth are essential, rather than simple numerical targets ...

Japan has already taken some measures to address issues with tourism. Last year officials in Kyoto banned tourists from certain alleyways in Gion, the popular geisha district , after complaints ...

In this paper, we review developments in Japanese inbound tourism and investigate the main determinants of its rapid growth prior to the COVID-19 pandemic. Using a panel autoregressive distributed lag ...

"The inbound tourism situation in 2019 was not ideal. We had many issues we needed to solve," said Hoshino. "We had the problem of 'overtourism' and we need to seek growth while solving these issues." ...

And Japan’s economy has begun to grow again as consumers, fatigued from more than two years of the pandemic, moved away from precautions that have kept coronavirus infections at among the lowest ...

Japan notched a new record high for inbound tourism in 2024.. It welcomed 36.87 million tourists, up by more than 15% on the 2019’s previous best of 31.88 million, according to Japan National ...

Flood of inbound tourism must not swamp Japan. ... rapid increase in international tourism. A lot of the issues I read in the article about ... with handling a sudden growth in ...

Soaring global demand and record-breaking heat have strained Japan’s matcha supply this year, sending prices surging.

Japan's tourism has exploded in recent years, with a record 36.8 million visitors in 2024. The weak yen has drawn visitors to Japan, which is already experiencing overtourism impacts.