Umbutho weSizwe wezoKhenketho waseJapan ubhengeze ukuba ngaphezu kwe-30 yezigidi zabahambi baphesheya batyelela eJapan ngo-2018, irekhodi elihlala ixesha elide kunye nokunyuka kwe-8.7% ngaphezu kwe-2017 (unyaka odlulileyo werekhodi).

Ukhenketho oluya eJapan lusuka eUnited States - malunga ne-5% yetotali - inyuke nge-11%, utshilo uNaohito Ise, uMlawuli oyiNtloko weJapan National Tourism Organisation eNew York, "nabantu abaninzi baseMelika abafuna ngaphaya kweendawo zokhenketho zakudala. ITokyo neKyoto ukufumana iindawo ezingaziwayo zelizwe. ”

Ngo-2018, iimagazini ezimbini zokundwendwela zaseMelika zanika uhambo oluya eJapan isithupha esikhulu, kunye neTravel+Leisure ibhengeza iJapan "iNdawo yoNyaka" ka-2018 kunye neConde Nast Traveler Readers' Choice Awards ecaphula iTokyo neKyoto njengeyona ndawo iphezulu. izixeko ezibini ezinkulu ehlabathini.

Ukhenketho lwaseMelika ukuya eJapan kulindeleke ukuba luqhubeke nokunyuka ngo-2019 njengoko ilizwe lizakhela ukusingatha iminyhadala yemidlalo yamazwe aphesheya, uqhubekile u-Ise, “kunye nothotho lwemithombo yeendaba yaseMelika equka iJapan kuluhlu lwabo oluxatyiswe kakhulu lonyaka lwezona zinto zicetyiswayo. iindawo esinokuzityelela kunyaka ozayo.” Uluhlu lwemithombo yeendaba luyamangalisa ngokungaqhelekanga, kubandakanywa neNew York Times, iWall Street Journal, i-AFAR, i-Architectural Digest, i-Departures, i-Fodor's, kunye ne-Frommer's.