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the number of japanese visitors to korea has decreased substantially in the last year primarily
due to the depreciation of the yen. statistics korea says some 2-point-7 million
japanese tourists came to korea last year roughly 22 percent less than the previous
year. the travel industry says that a weak yen is
one of the main reasons for the sharp drop in the number of japanese visitors to korea
. conversely the number of koreans traveling
to japan continues to surge with over 2-point -3 million travelers having visited japan
last year which represents a 21 percent increase from a year earlier.
in may alone some 228-thousand tourists visited japan a 45 percent jump from the same month
in 2012.