Foreign visitors to Japan this year will increase 8.7 percent from last year to 5.14 million, thanks to the World Cup soccer finals that kick off in May, the nation’s largest travel agency predicted Tuesday.
On the other hand, JTB Corp. said it expects lingering adverse effects from the Sept. 11 terrorist attacks and the continuing domestic economic slump to put a crimp in the number of Japanese traveling abroad.
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