20 MAY: Japan’s 11 March earthquake-tsunami disaster and related nuclear emergency sparked a massive drop in visitor figures, it was reported yesterday.
April visitors totalled just 295,800 - down 62% from the 788,000 who entered the country in April last year.
March inbound traffic was down 50%.
The Japan National Tourist Organisation says there’s been some improvement since mid-April in the flow of traffic from China and Southeast Asia.




