８月の訪日客、コロナ前比９３％減　今年最多も低水準続く

　日本政府観光局が２１日発表した８月の訪日外国人数（推計値）は１６万９８００人となった。前年同月比では約６．６倍で、今年最多を記録した。ただ、新型コロナウイルス感染拡大前の２０１９年８月との比較では９３．３％減と、依然として低水準にとどまっている。
　国別の入国者数はベトナムが３万３０００人で最も多く、韓国が２万８５００人、米国が１万５８００人、中国が１万２３００人で続いた。（2022/09/21-18:16）

The estimated number of visitors to Japan in August stood at 169,800, up about 6.6-fold from a year earlier but still down 93.3 pct from the same month in 2019, before the COVID-19 pandemic, government data showed Wednesday.
   The monthly number hit the highest level so far this year, according to the Japan National Tourism Organization.
   The August figure includes 33,000 from Vietnam, the most by country or region, followed by 28,500 from South Korea, 15,800 from the United States and 12,300 from mainland China.
   Japan restarted accepting foreign visitors, excluding tourists, under certain conditions in March and has since been easing COVID-19-linked entry restrictions in stages, including a partial reopening of its borders for tourists on package tours in June.
   Still, the monthly number of visitors to Japan has yet to bounce back above 200,000.