Well, it's probably only going to get "worse". With the Yen falling quickly (it's at 1 to 158 right now!), tourism is going to be off the charts, with everything being significantly cheaper for...
Well, it's probably only going to get "worse". With the Yen falling quickly (it's at 1 to 158 right now!), tourism is going to be off the charts, with everything being significantly cheaper for foreign tourists.
That's, in some sense, a good thing - this is part of the natural, and beneficial, for Japan's economy, market forces when your currency loses value in forex - your exports get a hearty boost, including tourism.
But can also be grating for the locals. But so is being in an economic malaise for 30 years - there's a reason economist say there's four kinds of economies: developed, underdeveloped, Japan, and Argentina.
Interesting. I looked for a graph of this. It doesn’t show up in Google’s graph, which must be based on something else? It seems too soon to say how Melei’s reforms will turn out?
Interesting. I looked for a graph of this. It doesn’t show up in Google’s graph, which must be based on something else?
It seems too soon to say how Melei’s reforms will turn out?
They're going off Blue Chip Swap rates as historically the official government exchange rates were always nonsense (see this study). In general, his reforms are more or less working. Argentina has...
They're going off Blue Chip Swap rates as historically the official government exchange rates were always nonsense (see this study).
In general, his reforms are more or less working. Argentina has things like crazy high export tariffs, so it's just generally weird. Probably could get its own topic.
Remember the 'old days' when film was expensive to buy and develop and everyone carefully decided what shots to take on vacation because you didnt want to blow all 24 shots before you even left...
Remember the 'old days' when film was expensive to buy and develop and everyone carefully decided what shots to take on vacation because you didnt want to blow all 24 shots before you even left the parking lot? And the only way you could view your dad's shots was after he got the roll of kodachrome developed and he hauled out the slide projector to show the whole family his boring shots of your trip to Disneyland but there was no facebook/instagram/tiktok to post 'best life' bragging shots? And nobody wasted pics on food or fashion or 'influencing' anyone? Yeah, digital pics and ubiquitous phones have ruined tourism. I must be getting old but that was a better world in a lot of ways when the trip was about the trip and not about the pics.
-- old man yelling get off my lawn
A huge barrier to block views of Mount Fuji will be installed at a popular photo spot by Japanese authorities exasperated by crowds of badly behaved foreign tourists.
Construction of the mesh net – 2.5 metres (8ft) high and the length of a cricket pitch at 20 metres – will begin as early as next week, an official from Fujikawaguchiko town said on Friday.
“It’s regrettable we have to do this, because of some tourists who can’t respect rules,” leaving litter behind and ignoring traffic regulations, he told Agence France-Presse.
To be clear as well, this isn't Chinese tourists. Chinese visitors to Japan have seen a massive fall off. Japan is a beautiful country and this is the second area that Japan has blocked off to...
To be clear as well, this isn't Chinese tourists. Chinese visitors to Japan have seen a massive fall off.
I don't think we can say for sure who to point fingers at, or that it matters, but to put some numbers on it from the Japan National Tourism Organization, the top countries sending tourists to...
I don't think we can say for sure who to point fingers at, or that it matters, but to put some numbers on it from the Japan National Tourism Organization, the top countries sending tourists to Japan in March 2024 are
South Korea 663,100
Taiwan 484,400
China 452,400
United States 290,100
Hong Kong 231,400
Even though China isn't the #1 tourism source anymore like they were in 2019, I don't think being #3 means we can say "and therefore" when talking about this topic. Understandably the authorities there are choosing diplomacy over name and shame
Doesn't matter. Seen plenty of articles showing mainland Chinese tourists are generally the most troublesome (and lack respect for the local culture and rules of countries they visit)
Doesn't matter. Seen plenty of articles showing mainland Chinese tourists are generally the most troublesome (and lack respect for the local culture and rules of countries they visit)
Well, it's probably only going to get "worse". With the Yen falling quickly (it's at 1 to 158 right now!), tourism is going to be off the charts, with everything being significantly cheaper for foreign tourists.
That's, in some sense, a good thing - this is part of the natural, and beneficial, for Japan's economy, market forces when your currency loses value in forex - your exports get a hearty boost, including tourism.
But can also be grating for the locals. But so is being in an economic malaise for 30 years - there's a reason economist say there's four kinds of economies: developed, underdeveloped, Japan, and Argentina.
That joke has aged like fine wine what with the Argentinaian Peso recently becoming the strongest currency in the world (per some metrics).
Interesting. I looked for a graph of this. It doesn’t show up in Google’s graph, which must be based on something else?
It seems too soon to say how Melei’s reforms will turn out?
They're going off Blue Chip Swap rates as historically the official government exchange rates were always nonsense (see this study).
In general, his reforms are more or less working. Argentina has things like crazy high export tariffs, so it's just generally weird. Probably could get its own topic.
Remember the 'old days' when film was expensive to buy and develop and everyone carefully decided what shots to take on vacation because you didnt want to blow all 24 shots before you even left the parking lot? And the only way you could view your dad's shots was after he got the roll of kodachrome developed and he hauled out the slide projector to show the whole family his boring shots of your trip to Disneyland but there was no facebook/instagram/tiktok to post 'best life' bragging shots? And nobody wasted pics on food or fashion or 'influencing' anyone? Yeah, digital pics and ubiquitous phones have ruined tourism. I must be getting old but that was a better world in a lot of ways when the trip was about the trip and not about the pics.
-- old man yelling get off my lawn
To be clear as well, this isn't Chinese tourists. Chinese visitors to Japan have seen a massive fall off.
Japan is a beautiful country and this is the second area that Japan has blocked off to foreigners now. Absolutely infuriates me that idiots are going and making a mess of things by being absolute twits.
I don't think we can say for sure who to point fingers at, or that it matters, but to put some numbers on it from the Japan National Tourism Organization, the top countries sending tourists to Japan in March 2024 are
Even though China isn't the #1 tourism source anymore like they were in 2019, I don't think being #3 means we can say "and therefore" when talking about this topic. Understandably the authorities there are choosing diplomacy over name and shame
Doesn't matter. Seen plenty of articles showing mainland Chinese tourists are generally the most troublesome (and lack respect for the local culture and rules of countries they visit)