Policy for promoting inbound tourism to Japan

Abstract

The world is undergoing great changes with the steady advance of globalization. International tourism is getting prosperously and to attract foreign tourists to Japan is important. To promote inbound tourism to Japan, it is important to analyze the current situation of Japan and the problem. However, the analysis of those, especially based on data, is insufficient up to now. Therefore, I tried detailed examination and a survey of the tour route and tour spot of foreign tourists, especially tourists from East Asia. This paper shows the result of the survey and points out the measures.