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number of foreign visitors for business and leisure was 3.29
million, an all-time high for any month and topping the previous
record of 3.14 million in June, data from the Japan National
Tourism Organization (JNTO) showed.
School holidays in East Asia and Europe contributed to
significant increases from those regions, the JNTO said. More
than 21 million visitors have arrived in Japan through July, on
pace to smash through the annual record of 31.9 million in 2019,
before the COVID-19 pandemic shut global borders.
Although the yen has strengthened recently, it touched a 38-year
low against the dollar last month, making Japan a bargain
destination. Out of 23 markets tracked by the JNTO, travellers
from 19 regions set new records for July arrivals.
(Reporting by Rocky Swift; Editing by Kim Coghill and Shounak
Dasgupta)
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