The Okinawa Prefectural Government (沖縄県文化観光スポーツ部) released the data of the number of foreign and domestic tourists to Okinawa in November 2017.
The statistics shows the increase/decrease from the previous year (2016), and the nationalities for the foreign tourists. All data is written in Japanese.
(n.s.) (2017 December 22). Ryukyu Shimpo “Okinawa kankō ga zekkōchō, nen 900-mannin toppa e: 11-gatsu jiten de zennengoe” [「沖縄観光が絶好調、年９００万人突破へ １１月時点で前年超え」].
Meanwhile, Nansei Shoto Industrial Advancement Center (一般財団法人南西地域産業活性化センター) released new data on population increase in Okinawa Prefecture. Their data state that more and more foreigners live in Okinawa.
Nansei shoto [sic] Industrial Advancement Center. (December 2017 20). “Zōkasuru kennai no zairyū gaikokujin ni tsuite (「増加する県内の在留外国人について」).” Okinawa Keizai Review, No. 4.
[Figure source: https://niac.or.jp/topix/keizaireview04.pdf]
This report says the largest increase was made by the residents from Nepal (in straight blue line).
(n.s.) (2017 December 21). Okinawa Times. 「人口増加率全国トップの沖縄、その4割が外国人: 中国・ベトナム人が著しい伸び」.
UHM Library has some resources on tourism in Okinawa.
- Island tourism : sustainable perspectives / edited by Jack Carlsen and Richard Butler.
- Beachheads : war, peace, and tourism in postwar Okinawa / Gerald Figal.
- リゾート開発に伴う経済波及効果測定調查 / 沖縄計画研究所
- 沖縄イメージを旅する : 柳田国男から移住ブームまで / 多田治