Blue skies, blue seas and pure white sandy beaches -- a subtropical paradise and coral delight for divers.
Okinawa's exotic isles draw millions of tourists every year.
Tourism has long been a key industry since the prefecture's reversion from U.S. rule in 1972. But it was not necessarily the Okinawa government's priority as it pursued economic development over the past three decades.
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