Ua hoʻolaha ka Japan National Tourism Organization ua ʻoi aku ma mua o 30 miliona mau huakaʻi hele ma waho i kipa aku iā Iapana i 2018, kahi moʻolelo mau manawa āpau a me ka piʻi ʻana o 8.7% ma mua o 2017 (ka makahiki palapala i hala).
"ʻO ka mākaʻikaʻi i Iapana mai ʻAmelika Hui Pū ʻIa - ma kahi o 5% o ka huina - ua piʻi i ka 11%," wahi a Naohito Ise, Luna Hoʻokele o ka Japan National Tourism Organization ma New York, "me ka nui aʻe o nā ʻAmelika e ʻimi nei ma waho o nā wahi mākaʻikaʻi kahiko o ʻO Tokyo a me Kyoto e ʻike i nā wahi ʻike ʻole ʻia o ka ʻāina.
I ka makahiki 2018, ua hāʻawi nā makasina huakaʻi koʻikoʻi ʻelua o ʻAmelika i ka huakaʻi i Iapana i kahi manamana nui, me ka Travel + Leisure e haʻi ana iā Iapana ka "Destination of the Year" no 2018 a me ka Condé Nast Traveler Readers 'Choice Awards e kuhikuhi ana ʻo Tokyo a me Kyoto ma ke ʻano kiʻekiʻe. ʻelua kūlanakauhale nui ma ka honua.
"Ke manaʻo ʻia nei e piʻi aʻe ka mākaʻikaʻi ʻAmelika i Iapana i ka makahiki 2019 i ke kūkulu ʻana o ka ʻāina e hoʻokipa i nā hanana haʻuki nui honua," i hoʻomau ai ʻo Ise, "me ka lehulehu o nā media kaulana ʻAmelika e komo pū ana me Iapana i kā lākou papa inoa makahiki nui o nā mea i manaʻo ʻia. nā wahi e kipa aku ai i ka makahiki e hiki mai ana. He mea kupanaha ka papa inoa o ka media, me ka New York Times, ka Wall Street Journal, AFAR, Architectural Digest, Departures, Fodor's, a me Frommer's.
