Japan sees 2.93m foreign visitors in August

Japan logged 2,933,000 foreign visitors in August, up 36.0 per cent from a year earlier, marking a record high for the month, government data showed on Wednesday.

The figure also represents a 16.4 per cent jump from August 2019, before the Covid-19 pandemic, the Japan National Tourism Organization said.

Still, the number dipped below 3.0 million for the first time in six months, partly because of cancellations of flights due to a typhoon, it added.

Visitors to Japan from the Chinese mainland stood at 745,800, representing the largest single group, followed by those from South Korea at 612,100, reports Xinhua.

The cumulative number of visitors from abroad between January and August surpassed 24 million, gaining by 58.0 per cent from the same period last year, according to the organisation.