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Number of S. Korean Travelers to Japan Dips 65% in November

Written: 2019-12-19 09:59:31Updated: 2019-12-19 10:08:57

Number of S. Korean Travelers to Japan Dips 65% in November

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The "Boycott Japan" movement in South Korea appears to be continuing in the tourism sector amid a dispute between the two neighbors over trade and historical issues. 

According to the Japan National Tourism Organization on Wednesday, 205-thousand South Koreans visited Japan in November, a whopping 65-point-one percent contraction from the same month last year. 

The number of South Korean travelers began to shrink from July after Japan tightened export restrictions on key high-tech materials to South Korea.

The on-year contraction rate widened from seven-point-six percent in July, 48 percent in August, 58-point-one percent in September to 65-point-five percent in October.

The November figure slightly slowed from the previous month, but marks the third-largest on-year fall since a record 66-point-four percent drop following the Fukushima nuclear disaster in early 2011.

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