Japan Aims At 18 Million Tourists By 2016

Above, the Landmark Tower in Yokohama. Photo by Armand Vaquer.

Jiji Press reported that a new basic Japan tourism plan was adopted:

Tokyo, March 30 (Jiji Press)--Japan adopted a basic plan for national tourism promotion on Friday at a cabinet meeting that set a goal of boosting the annual number of foreign tourists to 18 million in 2016.

Under the five-year plan through 2016, Japan aims to rebuild from the March 2011 disaster and boost tourism consumption to 30 trillion yen.

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