TOKYO: Foreign visitors to Japan in 2020 plunged 87.1% from a year earlier, the biggest drop since 1964 when comparable data became available, the Japan Tourism Agency said on Wednesday, as the coronavirus pandemic dented travel demand and entry restrictions were imposed.
The number of foreigners visiting the country last year totalled some 4.12 million, the agency said.
The Japanese government aimed to welcome 40 million foreign visitors in 2020 when the country was originally scheduled to host the Olympic and Paralympic Games, but the actual figure only came to around 10% of the target, government data showed. The Summer Games were postponed for a year due to the pandemic.
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