BBC Chinese, Jan 26, 2011.
http://www.bbc.co.uk/zhongwen/simp/china/2011/01/110126_chinese_tourists_japan_by_tongqian.shtml
("去年全年访日外国游客达到861.2万人次，比前年增加26.8%，刷新日本旅游统计史上最高纪录。其中，中国游客大幅增加了四成，达到141万人次")
Note:
(a) 2010 Foreign Visitors & Japanese Departure. Japan National Tourist Organization (JNTO),
http://www.jnto.go.jp/eng/ttp/sta/PDF/E2010.pdf
(2010 total and change%:
Korea 2,439,800 +54.8%
China 1,413,100 +40.5%
Taiwan 1,268,300 +23.8%
US 727,200 +3.9%
Hong Kong 508,600 +13.1%)
(b) http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Japan_National_Tourist_Organization
(国際観光振興機構, Kokusai Kankō Shinkō Kikō; an Independent Administrative Institution of the government of Japan)
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