TOKYO, July 25 (Xinhua) -- The Tokyo Metropolitan Government estimated that the number of Japanese tourists who visited the capital in 2022 returned to pre-pandemic levels, local media reported on Tuesday.
Tokyo officials estimated about 542.67 million Japanese tourists visited Tokyo last year, down only 0.1 percent compared with the figure in 2019, the year before the COVID-19 pandemic, public broadcaster NHK reported.
The Japanese tourists are estimated to have spent about 4.62 trillion yen (about 32.7 billion U.S. dollars), which is also back to pre-pandemic levels, said the report.
Meanwhile, the officials estimated that some 3.31 million foreign tourists visited Tokyo last year, about 78 percent less than 2019 level, it added.
The Tokyo Metropolitan Government surveys tourist facilities in the capital every three months to make estimates of the numbers of domestic and foreign visitors. ■
