Foreign visitors to Japan plunge 58% in February on coronavirus


  • World
  • Thursday, 19 Mar 2020

TOKYO (Reuters) - The coronavirus pandemic is hitting hard at Japan's tourism industry, with the number of foreign visitors plunging 58% in February from a year earlier, government data showed on Thursday.

Total foreign arrivals, including those for tourism and business, declined to 1.09 million from 2.60 million in the corresponding month last year, the Japan National Tourism Organization said. It was the fifth straight month of declines.

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