Couldn't find the one I read before, it was on Bloomberg a few...

Couldn't find the one I read before, it was on Bloomberg a few months ago, as I can remember.

Did a search and found a similar one, I guess they are based on the same source of data. Quote:

"Although individual tourist visas were previously issued only to wealthy Chinese, the rules will be relaxed in July in a move expected to see the number of households eligible for visas explode ten fold to 16 million."

Source: http://www.yomiuri.co.jp/dy/business/T100614003139.htm


Chinese tourists are really the game changer nowadays. Taiwan opened to Chinese tourists since July 2008, now they are driving the tourism industry there:

http://www.businessweek.com/news/2010-04-19/chinese-may-top-japanese-for-first-time-as-top-taiwan-visitors.html