Japan says the number of hikers trekking up the world-famous Mount Fuji volcano, night and day, is dangerous and an ecological embarrassment.

In July, 313,300 Chinese entered Japan, down 70% compared with four years ago. Those arrival figures are expected to surge after the lifting of the ban.

Wendy Wu Tours has added 50 new departures for Japan next year as administration to ensure customers have the maximum opportunity possible.

Annual domestic travel spending by Japanese in 2022 increased nearly 90 pct from the previous year to about 17.2 trillion yen.

Japan experienced a significant surge in visitors, reaching nearly 2 million in April, marking the highest number since the onset of the pandemic, according to official data released on Wednesday.

The good news is the economy was technically in a recession last year but rebounded in January-March.

Japan initially issued the advisory in January 2020 for those who travelled to China, setting it at Level 1, the lowest on its four-point scale. The Foreign Ministry expanded it worldwide in March that year.

An expert panel at the Ministry of Land, Infrastructure, Transport and Tourism has set a transport density of “less than 1,000 passengers” per kilometer per day as threshold for considering the shutdown of money-losing rail lines.

Japan was long the only developed nation that banned casinos but passed legislation in 2016 paving the way to make the industry legal.

The London Blossom Garden in east London opened in May 2021 to commemorate those that lost their lives to the coronavirus pandemic, and blossom trees have also been planted in cities including Plymouth, Nottingham and Newcastle.