Friday, January 27, 2012

Japan quake drives tourist numbers to rock bottom | CNNGo.com

Given the knock-on effects of the March 11 earthquake, it’s hardly unexpected, but the news that the number of tourists visiting Japan in 2011 was down by almost 30 percent still came as something of a blow to the country’s travel industry.

The figures, compiled by the Japan National Tourist Organization, show the biggest annual fall in visitors since it began keeping records.

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1 comments:

  1. Wonder if they could employ us to get the numbers back up where they belong. There's a great little place called Soapland, I could do an article, or two on and maybe, boost tourism !

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