TOKYO : Visitors to Japan dipped slightly in February but continued to show 'robust recovery' following the government's relaxation of COVID-19 border control restrictions, the national tourism agency said on Wednesday.The number of foreign visitors for business and leisure declined by 1 per cent to 1.47
TOKYO : Visitors to Japan dipped slightly in February but continued to show"robust recovery" following the government's relaxation of COVID-19 border control restrictions, the national tourism agency said on Wednesday.
The number of foreign visitors for business and leisure declined by 1 per cent to 1.47 million last month, from January's 1.49 million, according to the Japan National Tourism Organisation release.
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