Foreign Tourists Returning to Japan
6.23 million people visited Japan in 2011
January 25, 2012, Tokyo, Japan - Foreign tourists are seen in Akihabara, the world-renown wholesale district of electric and electronics appliances, on Tourism has picked up in the latter half of 2011 despite the dramatic drop Japan saw after the unprecedented natural disasters and nuclear power plant accident. The total visitor numbers to Japan for the year 2011 The total visitor numbers to Japan for the year 2011 ending December were 6,219,300, a 27.8% decrease from 2010's figures of 8,611,175. (Photo by Natsuki Sakai/AFLO) AYF -mis-