By: Philippines News Agency | Kyodo
April 15, 2014 10:47 AM
Mount Fuji. AFP FILE PHOTO
TOKYO - Japan's government and the ruling coalition are making arrangements to waive visas for tourists from Indonesia, the Philippines, and Vietnam, in line with an action plan due out in June, and which seeks to make Japan a tourism-oriented country, government sources said Monday.
The initiative, which is aimed at drawing more tourists from Southeast Asia, including the Muslim population in the region, is envisioned to raise the annual number of foreign visitors Japan to 20 million, particularly in the run-up to the 2020 Tokyo Olympics.
The government of Prime Minister Shinzo Abe is also looking to tourism as a pillar in its strategy to spur the country's economic growth.
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