Foreign tourist spending tops Y2 trillion for first time ever

去年、外国人旅行客が国内で支出した金額が、初めて２兆円を超えて過去最高となったこ­とが分かりました。
The Japan Tourism Agency (JTA) says the amount of money spent by foreign tourists in 2014 surpassed the preceding year by 43.1%, totaling 2.0278 trillion yen and exceeded two trillion yen for the first time ever.

Chinese travelers, who spent 558.3 ​​billion yen - approximately twice as much as in previous years-were responsible for 28% of the overall expenditures, the JTA said in a report. Following the Chinese were Taiwanese tourists who spent 354.4 billion yen, and then Korean tourists who spent 209 billion yen.