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PostPosted: Sun Nov 06, 2011 11:00 am    Post subject: Quake-hit Japan entices tourists back Reply with quote

With tourism revenue in Japan falling by a third since the earthquake and tsunami, the government is looking at ways - including free flights - of attracting visitors back.
On 11 March Japan was hit by its most powerful earthquake since records began. The quake and subsequent tsunami led to almost 16,000 deaths. Nearly 5,000 people are still missing.
But with the human tragedy came an economic problem, with tourism dropping sharply.
In April 2011, tourism numbers fell by over 60% compared to the year before. They are yet to recover to pre-tsunami levels, despite a new 12.1tn yen ($157bn; £100bn) budget for the reconstruction.
The disaster even had a significant knock-on effect in other countries, with fewer Japanese tourists travelling abroad.

The Tokyo Sky Tree will be a major attraction when it opens in 2012
In the weeks after the tsunami, Kasikorn Research Centre predicted £650m of Thailand's tourism revenue would be lost because of the situation in Japan.
Eight months on, life in Japan's capital seems back on track.


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