I UOT O ~ INTERNATIONAL TRAVEL STATISTICS
Source of Information : Department of Tourism,
Ministry of Transport, Tokyo
Frontier check and Hotel records
"Visitor" : A person, not a Japanese by nationality, visiting
Japan.
"Tourist" : ~ Overland Tourist : An alien on board, excluding
crewmen, who leaves a ship at a port of call for sightseeing
and boards the same ship at another port in Japan (15 days).
- Transit Passenger : An alien permitted to travel
in immediate transit of the country in order to go to another
country (15 days).
- Tourist : An alien visiting this country for
sight-seeing (60 days).
"Excursionist" : An alien who visits the vicinity of a port
or an airport while his ship or aeroplane is staying there,
(within 72 hours). If a passenger lands at more than two
ports, he shall be added each time to the number of shore
excursionists.

JAPAN

Number of foreign visitor arrivals at frontiers by country of nationality
Country of
nationality

Australia 25 998 29 918
Canada 19 L492 21 318
China (1) 68 L63 81 027
France 14 611 18 658
Germany (2) 22 112 26 654
India 9 594 9 410
Indonesia T T3T 10 043
Italy 7 393 9 920
Korea (3) uh 114 57 070
Malaysia 5 347 T 599
Mexico 6 739 6 102
Netherlands 5 TT3 T 305
New Zealand 3 572 3 838
Philippines 27 446 L8 452
Singapore 6 146 8 363
Sweden 5 376 L 873
Switzerland 5 789 6 312
Thailand 10 256 10 001
United Kingdom 38 298 43 532
U.S.A. 326 540 332 836
All other countries 62 946 TL 460
Totals T23 Th} 784 691
Total number of foreign tourist arrivals at frontiers
Tourists 1972 : 421 260 1973 : LL5 OL8
Total number of foreign excursionist arrivals
Excursionists 1972 : 91 949 1973 : 96 210
(1) Including Taiwan and Hong Kong
(2) Germany, Fed. Rep. of and German Democratic Rep.
(3) Korea, Republic of and People's Democratic Rep.