Visitors walk on the Sannenzaka slope in Kyoto, Japan, on Sunday, June, 26, 2022.
Visitor spending in Japan broke an annual record in just nine months, official data showed on Wednesday, demonstrating the economic power of a tourism boom fueled by the weak yen.
Travelers spent 5.86 trillion yen ($39.27 billion) through September, preliminary figures from the Japan National Tourism Organization showed.
That eclipsed the 5.3 trillion yen spent in all of 2023, a record for any 12-month period.
Tourism spending, classified as an export in national accounts, is poised to become Japan's second-biggest export sector after autos and ahead of electronic components.
Organizations:
Travelers, Japan National Tourism Organization
Locations:
Kyoto, Japan