Duty-free sales at department stores across Japan totaled 31.3 billion yen ($214 million) in July, surpassing the pre-pandemic levels of 2019 for the same month thanks to the return of individual travelers from mainland China, data by an industry body shows.
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The estimated number of foreign visitors to Japan in February totaled 1,475,300, 88 times higher from the year before, government data show. But while the figures suggest the
Numerous tourists spots in Japan see visitors return on the first weekend after the government scrapped coronavirus border controls and implemented a domestic travel subsidy program in a bid to spur inbound and local tourism.
The Japanese government s rollout of a new travel subsidy program aimed at boosting domestic tourism has hit a snag, with some travel-related firms having already spent the allocated funds.