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10. Foreign Visitor Trends

In 2000, the number of visitors coming to Japan reached 4.76 million, the highest on record. The exchange rate was relatively stable that year, and an increasing number of visitors from Asian countries came to Japan. However, Japan ranks 33rd in the world in the total of travelers from foreign countries. Developing policies to attract foreign travelers to Japan has been a major concern. 'Welcome Plan 21,' a government plan to increase the numbers of foreign visitors, aims to have 8 million foreign visitors a year by 2007. The figure for 2001 was 4.77 million, a slight gain over the previous year.

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