To help achieve its goal to welcome 20 million foreign tourists annually ahead of the 2020 Tokyo Olympics, the Abe administration has finalized an action plan that includes doubling the number of duty-free shops and promoting more homestays.

The plan would see the number of duty-free shops, most of which are located in major cities, grow to around 10,000 and include more outlying areas.

"Japan has many products and attractions to offer tourists in various parts of the country," Prime Minister Shinzo Abe said at his office during a ministerial meeting on tourism promotion, during which the revised action plan was finalized.