Isibalo sabavakashi baseShayina abavakashela eJapan sidlule isibalo sabantu baseMelika okokuqala ngqa ngo-2007, idatha eyanyatheliswa ngoMsombuluko yabonisa, eqokomisa ukukhula kwezokuvakasha kwesifunda okubangelwa ingcebo ekhulayo yase-Asia.
IJapan National Tourist Organisation, okuyinhlangano esekelwa uhulumeni, ithe isibalo sezivakashi ezingena endaweni ecebe kakhulu nebiza kakhulu e-Asia sikhuphuke ngamaphesenti ayi-14 safinyelela ku-8.35m oyirekhodi.
Isibalo sabavakashi baseChina ezwekazini sikhuphuke ngamaphesenti ayi-16 saya ngaphezu kwama-943,000, kanti isibalo sabantu baseMelika sehle saya ngaphansi kwama-816,000.
I-JNTO ithi ukukhula kwezivakashi zaseShayina ezivakashela e-Japan ngenxa yokwanda kwemali engenayo etholakalayo yesigaba esiphakathi saseChina esikhulayo, izixhumanisi zomoya ezithuthukisiwe phakathi kwamazwe nezehlakalo ngonyaka odlule ukuze kuphawulwe iminyaka engama-35 ubudlelwano beSino-Japanese bujwayelekile.
AmaShayina athutheleke eJapan ukuyovakashela eTokyo Disneyland, ukuyothenga endaweni yedolobha i-Akihabara gadget kanye nokushushuluza e-Japan Alps. Ezinye izitolo ze-electronics zaseTokyo zinikeza iziqondiso zokukhuluma isiMandarin ukuze zisize abathengi bagcwalise izinqola zabo.
Abantu baseNingizimu Korea basalokhu beyizivakashi eziningi kakhulu ku-2.6m, bakhuphuke ngamaphesenti angama-22 ukusuka ngo-2006, balandelwa abaseTaiwan ku-1.39m. I-Mainland Chinese ilale isithathu, ilandelwa izivakashi ezivela e-US, Hong Kong nase-Australia.
Ngaphezu kokuvakashela eJapane ngamanani amakhulu, abantu bangaphandle bachitha imali eningi. Ngokusho kweNhlangano Yezizwe Ezihlangene Yezokuvakasha, isibalo sabavakashi abaya eJapan siphindeke kabili phakathi kuka-1990 no-2004 ngenkathi isamba samarisidi ezokuvakasha sase-Japan siphindaphindeka kathathu, safinyelela ku-$11.3bn (€7.6bn, £5.7bn).
I-Japan isekude ukuhlula i-France njengendawo ehamba phambili yezivakashi emhlabeni - eyakamuva iheha izivakashi ezingaba ngu-75m ngonyaka - kodwa uhulumeni wase-Japan, noma kunjalo, uphusha ezokuvakasha njengemboni yamasu futhi uzibekele umgomo wokuba izivakashi eziyizigidi eziyi-10 ngo-2010.
Sithemba ukuthi ukwanda kwezinombolo zabavakashi kuzosiza ukulungisa ukusetshenziswa kwemali kwabathengi basekhaya okuhlala buthaka futhi kuvuselele izindawo ezinhle kodwa ezikude zaseJapan, njengesiqhingi esisenyakatho yeHokkaido, okuthi kwezinye izimo zisondele eChina noma eSouth Korea kuneTokyo ecebile nenabantu abaningi. .
Njengengxenye yomkhankaso wayo wezokuvakasha ogxile kakhulu e-Asia, uhulumeni ubesebenzisana neBeijing ukuqinisa izixhumanisi zomoya phakathi kweJapan neChina. Okungenani imizila emisha engama-20 yengezwe ngo-2007, ngokusho kwe-JNTO.
Inqobo nje uma ukuhlolwa kwabokufika okuqinile okwethulwe ngasekupheleni konyaka odlule akubavimbeli abavakashi, kubonakala kusendleleni yokufeza umgomo wako.
I-Japan isalokhu ingumkhiqizi omkhulu wezivakashi, nokho. Cishe i-17.3m yaseJapan eya phesheya ngonyaka odlule, yehla ngamaphesenti angu-1.3 ukusuka ngo-2006.
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