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Olympics Put Japan on Fast Track to Tourism Targets

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Source: Statista

Japan’s government has announced the ambitious goal to welcome 40 million visitors to the country in 2020. A growth of this size would be a jump up from the projected 33.5 million who came to the country in 2019, but observers think the country does have a shot at making the number.

On Friday, the opening ceremony of the Tokyo Olympic Games will be exactly six months away and interest in the games is credited with bringing crowds of visitors to the capital and beyond. Even before, tourism numbers have been increasing fast in Japan (after hitting a low due to the catastrophic earthquake and tsunami of 2011). More visitors are also injecting more cash into the economy. The Olympic Games are expected to bring a boost of $300 billion due to the increase in international and domestic tourists.

Patriots Top List for Most Super Bowl Appearances

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After losing in the AFC Conference Championship last year to the New England Patriots, the Kansas City Chiefs made the Super Bowl this year – the first time since 1970. The upcoming game on Feb 2 will be the Chiefs’ third Super Bowl appearance (and could be their second win). While this is not a lot compared to other teams, it is however not the worst performance in history. There are still four teams – the Cleveland Browns, the Jacksonville Jaguars, the Detroit Lions and the Houston Texans – which have never played a Super Bowl, and 13 more teams which have competed only once or twice. Jacksonville and Houston only joined the competition in 1995 and 2002, respectively.

The Chiefs’ opponents, the San Francisco 49ers, will make this year’s their seventh participation. This makes them the team with the fifth most Super Bowl appearances. They are already tied for second most Super Bowl wins and could tie for most if they take this year’s trophy.

The New England Patriots are the team with most Super Bowl appearances, according to statistics published by ESPN, followed by the Pittsburgh Steelers, the Dallas Cowboys and the Denver Broncos. Yet, the Patriots are the among the teams with below average wins to participation ratios, with only six wins out of 11 Super Bowls played. The most unlucky team among the Super Bowl participants are the Minnesota Vikings. They played in the Super Bowl in 1970, 1974, 1975 and 1977 but failed to win any of those competitions.