Editing Tourism in Japan (section)

==== Active promotion of inbound tourism (21st century) ====
From 2013, under the [[Shinzo Abe#Second term as prime minister (2012–2014)|Abe administration]], policies to attract international tourists were implemented to offset the shrinking domestic demand caused by population decline and ageing. As a result, by 2014, for the first time in 55 years, income from foreign tourists exceeded the amount spent by Japanese tourists abroad, which means Japan finally ran a tourism surplus. Within six years, the number of international visitors has more than tripled, reaching 31.9 million visitors in 2019.<ref name="Jan2024PR">{{cite web | title=2023 Visitor Arrivals & Japanese Overseas Travelers(Compared to 2019) |website=Japan National Tourism Organization |date=17 January 2024| url=https://www.jnto.go.jp/news/20240117_monthly.pdf | access-date=19 January 2024}}</ref> Japan received a record 36.87 million tourist arrivals in 2024, an increase of over 47% from the year prior.