"Do you want to go to a rural hot spring?"Travel industry 'nice to see' when Japan's small city rises [Anchor Report]

Do you have any experience traveling to places you've already been to?

I've been there, but where do you want to go again? Which overseas city has our people visited many times?

Osaka, Japan, more than twice, and Fukuoka, Japan, was the number one city I've been to more than three times.


Japan came in first, second, and third place.

At the end of last year, the number of Japanese cities visited by Koreans was 44.

The number has increased to 71 during the same period this year.

There were more tourists who became interested in small cities, away from the famous cities they often visited.

Kumamoto and Takamatsu ranked in the top 10 destinations except for major cities popular with Koreans such as Fukuoka, Osaka, and Tokyo.

Both cities are famous for their hot springs and natural scenery.

According to the Japanese Government Tourism Bureau, 7.2 million Korean tourists visited Japan in the first 10 months of this year, up 30 percent from last year.

What about the Japanese who visited Korea?

The Korea Tourism Organization estimated that 2.3 million Japanese visited Korea until September, up 45.5% from last year.

The popularity of Japanese tourism is not expected to abate due to the low yen and the increasing demand for small cities that are not well known.

With visa-free entry into China allowed, the travel industry is expecting a special year-end.