Analysis of Tourism in Tokyo: Attractions, Impact, and Activities

This fact sheet provides a comprehensive overview of tourism in Tokyo, Japan. It begins with an introduction to Tokyo as a major global city and highlights its cultural significance, including museums, theaters, cuisine, and festivals. The report then explores various types of tourism, key attractions like Tokyo Disneyland and the Senso-Ji Temple, and accommodation options. A significant portion is dedicated to the economic impact of tourism, including its effect on GDP, employment, and tax revenue. The fact sheet also details key tourist activities, such as go-kart racing, sumo wrestling, and visits to Mount Fuji, while also suggesting opportunities to showcase more of the city's cultural aspects, such as the art of temples and haunted places. The report concludes with a list of references used for the compilation of this report.

Fact sheet: International
tourism system
TOKYO (JAPAN) INTERNATIONAL VISITORS
Tokyo is the capital city of Japan and one of
its 47 prefectures. The 23 wards show the
population of 9.2 million but the metropolis
has a population of over 13 million. The
country has emerged as a center of the world
economy and culture (Japan National Tourism
Organization, 2018).
The cultural side of the place reflects that it is
well known because of numerous museums,
theaters, cuisine, festivals. Along with this,
there are numerous attractive places where
tourist likes to visit.
The place consists of a number of attractions which
are mostly not missed by the tourist. Moreover, the
place is considered as the modern city because of its
attractive infrastructure and design. The country has
captured the title of world's most expensive city.
According to JNTO, the predicted numbers of
the tourists in the last 3 years are discussed
with the help of given chart which shows that
there is a rise in the number of tourists (JTB
Tourism Research & Consulting, 2018).
Most of the tourist who visits Tokyo belongs to
Europe, America, Asia, Africa, and the Middle East.
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500000
1000000
1500000
2000000
2500000
3000000
2015
2016
2017
Types of tourism
There are different types of tourism such as
Adventure Tourism, British Tourism, Cultural
Tourism, Disaster Tourism, Business Tourism,
Culinary Tourism and many others.

KEY ATTRACTION OF TOKYO
In the month of July
to September,
12.4% of foreign
vistors used
accompodation in
private homes.
Approximatley
75.1% toruist stay in
hotels and 18.2%
tourist stay at
Japanese Ryokan
Inns.
The visitors
generally belongs to
France, Singapore
and Australia.
Accomdatio
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The major key attractions of the country
are Tokyo Disneyland, Sumo, Tokyo
Skytree, Tokyo Disney Sea, and The Senso-
Ji.
Along with this there are some other places which
include The Imperial Palace, Ginza District, Ueno
Park and Zoo, Asakusa and the Sensō-Ji Temple,
National Museum of Nature and Science, The
Meiji Shrine and many others (Demetriou, 2016).
Accommodation in Tokyo
Tourists like different places to visit where they can
actually find different options to stay. In Tokyo,
there are numerous options for accommodation
which include Camping, Hotels, Couch surfing,
overnight buses, Homestays, Capsule hotels. All
these facilities are available in Tokyo at reasonable
prices along with this most of the people enjoy the
accommodation option of camping and hotels (Erin,
2017).
THE ECONOMIC IMPACT OF
TOURISM ON GDP
Tokyo is the metropolitan government who
newly declared that production ripple effect
produced by the tourists increased by 6.0%
years on the year to 12,012.7 billion JPY in
2014 with the prediction of 515 million visitors
(+0.5%) (Travel Voice, 2015). The
consumption of the tourism in Tokyo is
approximately 5,550.9 billion JPY in total it is
+5.8%. Moreover, the government said that
tourism created impact on their income of
approx. 4,440 billion JPY (+6.2%). There was
the impact on employment and tax revenue
effect of 563,085 (+6.7%) and 401.1 billion
JPY (+9.7%) respectively (Kyodo, 2015).

Key tourism activities at the Tokyo
The tourist activities of Tokyo attract the tourist
towards the place which makes them visit the place.
Some of the activities performed by the tourist are
discussed below: -
Most of the tourists enjoy the weave through on the
streets in a go-kart race. These karts are easily
maneuverable and even fit with the handy navigation
through Tokyo's winding streets. This tourism
activity is conducted at the streets of the Akihabara
and the tourist pay the amount of 2500 per hour. The
session of the MariCar race cost the amount in
between 8000 and 10000.

Key tourism activities at the Tokyo
There is a show in which tourists can enjoy watching
sumo wrestlers making babies cry. This is a traditional
activity which is conducted in the Tokyo since 400 years
and this is known as Naki Sumo festival. Over here, the
activity generally grab the attraction of the tourist as the
audience also supports by cheering Naki!Naki! This
means to cry (Ng, 2017).
Mount Fuji is another place here tourist like to visit
because of its crystal-clear and unblocked snaps of
the snow-capped mountain. The view of the mountain
makes the tourist amazed at the beauty of the
mountain. It is analyzed that the best time to visit the
place in the morning and late in the afternoon because
at that time clouds is least likely to appear.
Other Destination features need to be showcased
 It is suggested to Tokyo to showcase the art of
temples as this is a fact that these arts are really
pleasing to the eyes of the viewer. Moreover, the
art reflects the culture of the Tokyo that might
attract the visited towards the country.
 The haunted places of Tokyo are not featured and
showcased as much due to which most of the
people miss those places. There are many tourists
who like to visit the haunted places and treat it as
a fun activity.
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