2013年10月13日 星期日

外国人到日本旅行人数突破千萬

Last month the NHK News on-line reported the following:

訪日外国人1000万達成か

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先月、日本を訪れた外国人旅行者が、8月としては最も多い90万6700人となったことを受け、観光庁は、政府が目標に掲げている外国人旅行者数の年間1000万人を突破する可能性がさらに強まったという見方を示しました。

これは、観光庁の久保成人長官が18日の記者会見で明らかにしたものです。
この中で久保長官は「現在の外国人旅行者の伸び率が年末に向かって続けば1014万人になる」と述べ、今のペースで推移すれば、政府が目標に掲げている外国人旅行者数の年間1000万人を突破する可能性がさらに強まったという見方を示しました。
政府は、経済成長にも貢献するとして「観光立国」を掲げ、年間1000万人の外国人旅行者数の達成を当面の目標として、海外などでキャンペーン活動を行ってきました。
東日本大震災で、外国人旅行者の数は、おととし、年間621万人余りと大幅に落ち込みますが、去年以降の円安傾向や、東南アジア諸国でビザの発給条件が緩和されたことを受けて回復し、ことし7月には1か月間としては初めて100万人を超えて、過去最高を記録していました。
政府は、年間1000万人の目標突破の可能性がさらに強まったことに加え、2020年の東京オリンピック開催が決まったことで、次は年間2000万人を目指し、世界各地で観光PRを強化していく方針です。

(試譯文)

Noting the fact that last month the number of incoming tourists visiting Japan was 906,700 people which was the highest ever in August, the Japan Tourism Agency showed the view that there was a strong possibility of breaking the targeted yearly number of incoming tourists of 10 million people, as the government had set.
The Japan Tourism Agency Director Shigeto Kubo clarified this at a press conference on the 18th (September).
In this conference, Director Kubo said "if the present incoming tourist's pace of expansion continues to the end of the year, there would be 10,140,000 people", and if this developed at the present pace, the government could showed the view that there was a strong possibility of breaking the yearly 10 million people in the number of incoming tourists which was set as the target.

The government up held "promoting tourism as the country’s major industry" because it contributed to the economic growth. It held campaign activity overseas etc. and had set the number of 10 million incoming tourists each year as the present target.

Although the number of incoming tourist fell sharply in the yearly figure to become just a little more than 6,210,000 people because of the Great East Japan Earthquake the year before last, after last year it recovered in response to the fact that the issuing conditions of visa to countries in Southeast Asia were eased, and because of the weak-yen trend. In the month of July this year, the highest ever was recorded which exceeded 1 million people for the first time.

In addition to the further strengthening of the possibility in breaking the yearly 10-million-people target, the government had decided to hold the Tokyo Olympic Games in 2020. The next step was to plan to strengthen the sightseeing PR in every corner of the world, aiming at 20 million people every year.

Probably the increase in tourist has help Japan to break away from its deflation trend.

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