The number of Korean tourists who visited Japan in August was 308,700, down 48.0% from the same month last year. Although the decline has been for two consecutive months, the rate of decline has expanded rapidly from 7.6% in July. The Japan Tourism Agency announced on the 18th. Meanwhile, food exports from Japan to South Korea decreased by 40% from the same month last year. While there is no sign of relaxation in the Japan-Korea conflict, the impact on Japan's real economy is becoming serious.
According to the Japan National Tourism Organization, Korean visitors to Japan have been on a downtrend since the second half of last year due to the economic downturn. Then, in July, the Japanese government began to accelerate its trip to Japan, following the tightening of export restrictions on three semiconductor-related items.
The decline in August is the level that fell 47% in March 2011, 66% in April, and 58% in May, affected by the Great East Japan Earthquake.
As a result, the number of visitors to Japan in August decreased by 2.2% from the same month of the previous year to 252,100. This was the first drop in 11 months since September last year, when it was down 5.3% due to the typhoon at Kansai Airport and the earthquake in Hokkaido.
The drop in the number of Korean visitors to Japan ...