Answer your friend who claims that Japan as an advanced country does not need (1) inbound tourism revenue (2) Japanese regional economies are not affected by the change in inbound tourist numbers (Table 1) (3) Japan has always more travel service debits than credits in percentage GDP (Table 2) (4) Japanese visits abroad against foreign arrivals in Japan always result in deficits in service balance in Japan (Table 3) and (5) for these reasons Japanese inbound tourism has not blan affected largely by the coronavirus pandemic. Table 1: 2017 Regional Distribution of Inbound Tourism Expenditure Table 2: Japanese Travel Service Credit Balance Table 3: Japanese Goods and Service Balance (Trillion Yens) Kanto 41% Debit Credit Goods Service/ Service Service/ Transport Travel Other Travel Credit to GDP Ratio (%) 2006 2010 2014 0.60 -2 Kinki Hokkaido Others 30% 7% 22% 0.48 0.2 0.24 0.4 0.85 2009 2012 2015 2018 5 -5 -0.5 1.2 -0.8 -2 0.40 0.40 -0.2 -0.3 -0.2 -0.3 2018 0.5 2.5 -2.7 Answer your friend who claims that Japan as an advanced country does not need (1) inbound tourism revenue (2) Japanese regional economies are not affected by the change in inbound tourist numbers (Table 1) (3) Japan has always more travel service debits than credits in percentage GDP (Table 2) (4) Japanese visits abroad against foreign arrivals in Japan always result in deficits in service balance in Japan (Table 3) and (5) for these reasons Japanese inbound tourism has not blan affected largely by the coronavirus pandemic. Table 1: 2017 Regional Distribution of Inbound Tourism Expenditure Table 2: Japanese Travel Service Credit Balance Table 3: Japanese Goods and Service Balance (Trillion Yens) Kanto 41% Debit Credit Goods Service/ Service Service/ Transport Travel Other Travel Credit to GDP Ratio (%) 2006 2010 2014 0.60 -2 Kinki Hokkaido Others 30% 7% 22% 0.48 0.2 0.24 0.4 0.85 2009 2012 2015 2018 5 -5 -0.5 1.2 -0.8 -2 0.40 0.40 -0.2 -0.3 -0.2 -0.3 2018 0.5 2.5 -2.7