Japan's government releases the nation's latest tourism numbers today, amid signs of fatigue with the unfamiliar influx of foreigners: a record 28.7m visited last year, a three-fold rise since 2008.Over the first eight months of this year, more than 20 million global tourists have traveled to Japan. Although the booming tourism industry has stimulated Japan's economy, the influx of tourists has overrun the island nation. In some of Japan's hottest cities, local residents moan the problem of tourists, and even think it is a "tourist pollution".

In order to alleviate the pressure of economic recession caused by the disappearance of demographic dividend is an important reason for the opening up of inbound tourism. The effect of tourism consumption to stimulate the economy is immediately exciting. In the long run, it is not clear whether such stimulus can be sustained in resource-poor island countries and become the fundamental factor for Japan's economic development. After all, the uniqueness of Japanese culture is one of the foundations of economic take-off. Tourism has not created the glory of Japan's economy, and sacrificing the tranquility of local culture for short-term economic growth may not be worth the loss.Maintaining the people's well-being and long-term stability, limiting the number of people entering the country, promoting Japanese culture among foreigners, and balancing the internal causes and external forces of economic development may avoid going too much of a good thing.

近年来，赴日旅游人数呈现井喷式增长。根据日本政府最新统计的旅游数据显示，去年的访日外国人数达2870万人次，是2008年的三倍。今年头8个月，到日本旅游的外国游客也已超过2000万人次。虽然旅游业的蓬勃增长刺激了日本的经济发展，但是大量游客的涌入让日本这个岛国面临重负。在一些日本热门城市中，当地居民也对游客过多的问题表现不满，甚至认为这是一种“旅游污染”。 

为缓解人口红利的消失引发经济衰退的压力是开放入境游的重要原因，旅游消费刺激经济的立竿见影令人振奋，长期看来，在资源贫乏寸土寸金的岛国这种刺激能否持续并成为日本经济发展的根本因素不得而知。毕竟，日本文化的独特性是经济腾飞的基础之一，旅游业没有创造日本经济的辉煌，为短期的经济增长牺牲本土文化的宁静或许得不偿失，维护国民的安居乐业和长治久安，限制入境人口，在外国游客中间推广日本文化，平衡经济发展的内因和外力或许能避免过犹不及。