Tourism Industry
Most of the capital coming into the area comes from the tourism industry. Approximately 100,000,000,000 yen is spent by 9,000,000 sightseers every year. The main attractions of the area include:
- Mount Fuji
- Onsens
- Fujikyu Highland - an amusement park featuring one of the world's highest roller coasters.
- The lakes - sightseeing, sailing, and fishing.
- Hiking and mountain climbing.
- Village of Healing (いやしの里 iyashinosato）- a historically accurate, rebuilt Japanese village.
Read more about this topic: Fuji Five Lakes
Famous quotes containing the words tourism and/or industry:
“In the middle ages people were tourists because of their religion, whereas now they are tourists because tourism is their religion.”
—Robert Runcie (b. 1921)
“Do not put off your work until tomorrow and the day after. For the sluggish worker does not fill his barn, nor the one who puts off his work; industry aids work, but the man who puts off work always wrestles with disaster.”
—Hesiod (c. 8th century B.C.)