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Foreign tourists bring troubles along with fortune to Japan

As per reports, more than 30 million visitors came to Japan in 2018, part of a prolonged tourism boom that has brought around USD 41 billion a year to regions across the country. Prime Minister Shinzo Abe has promised to bring 40 million overseas visitors to Japan by 2020. Though boom in tourism has brought fortune for the country, the residents are worried about the rising prices, unruly behaviour of the tourist and other disturbances come along with more overseas visitors. In some places the revenue earned from tourism is critical. Some 40 per cent of visitors go to the Kansai ... Read more