Japan witnesses post-Covid tourist numbers amid cherry blossoms season

Published on: Apr 19, 2023, 16:00:43 IST

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FILE PHOTO: A woman in a kimono takes a picture of cherry blossoms in full bloom in Tokyo March 30, 2015. REUTERS/Toru Hanai/File Photo (REUTERS)

Japan visitors reach post-Covid high for cherry blossoms season as travel curbs lift

Visitors to Japan surged to a post-Covid high in March, official data showed on Wednesday, as many international tourists flocked to see the nation's famous cherry blossoms for the first time in four years as travel curbs were gradually lifted.

The number of foreign visitors for business and leisure totalled 1.82 million in March, compared to 1.48 million in February, according to the Japan National Tourism Organisation.

Arrivals were still down 34% from March 2019, before pandemic travel curbs that were instituted from the following year.

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