Tourism Statistics

This page brings you the most up-to-date tourism statistics and tourism / economic trend.

The latest tourism statistics as of September 2016*The figure is based on the statistics as of Sep 13,2016

We provide a number of Japanese outbound tourists, foreign inbound tourists and economic data with comments on a monthly basis.

Statistics of Visitors to Japan from Overseas

Statistics of Japanese Tourists Travelling Abroad

Gross Sales of Major Companies

Japanese Economic Trend

The number of foreign tourists to JapanHistorical statistics are available here Historical Statistics

According to JNTO, the estimated number of international travelers to Japan in July reached to 2.3 million (+19.7% from July 2015), and exceeded April 2016 which recorded the highest figure by 215,000 visitors, recording the highest figure on a monthly basis.
By market, the number of Chinese visitors, with 731,400 (+26.8% from July 2015), exceeding 0.7 million for the first time in history and recording the highest figure on a monthly basis. South Korea recoverd to 447,000 (+30.0%) in July. Furthermore, 16 markets recorded the highest figure for July except Britain and Russia.

1-1 Total

Person

	May 2016	yoy	Jun 2016	yoy	Jul 2016	yoy
The number of foreign tourists to Japan	1,893,574	+15.3%	1,985,700	+23.9%	2,296,500	+19.7%

1-2 By country and region

Person

	May 2016	yoy	Jun 2016	yoy	Jul 2016	yoy
Korea	302,088	-4.2%	347,400	+38.1%	447,000	+30%
Taiwan	375,476	+10.5%	397,800	+15.2%	397,000	+9.8%
China	507,094	+31%	582,500	+26%	731,400	+26.8%
Hong Kong	140,045	+16.1%	163,100	+19%	184,600	+16.3%
Thailand	84,919	+4.8%	47,900	+10.4%	61,300	+18.2%
Singapore	29,250	+18.9%	32,600	+11.8%	18,000	+4.7%
Australia	29,811	+20.1%	30,200	+33.1%	29,100	+14.6%
The entire USA	111,980	+21.5%	125,400	+22.8%	117,600	+19.8%
Canada	24,092	+16.3%	18,900	+13%	22,900	+15.8%
The entire UK	24,048	+21%	20,300	+20.6%	24,700	-6.2%
Germany	16,646	+16.1%	12,000	+13.9%	14,500	+4.7%
France	23,250	+14.4%	16,700	+23.7%	27,000	+21.1%
- Asia	1,588,217	+14.7%	TBA	TBA	TBA	TBA
- North America	140,358	+20.1%	TBA	TBA	TBA	TBA
- Oceania	34,181	+16.9%	TBA	TBA	TBA	TBA
- Europe	121,147	+18%	TBA	TBA	TBA	TBA

Source : JNTO

※TBA = To Be Announced

The number of Japanese outbound touristsHistorical statistics are available here Historical Statistics

The Japan National Tourism Organization announced that the estimated number of Japanese overseas travelers in July 2016 was 1.43 million(+8.9% from 2015).
Taiwan continued to increase and Thailand, Hong Kong, Vietnam, Macao also saw an increase from July 2015. On the other hand, Korea was seeing a recovery from the dramastic decrease influenced by MERS in last year, with a 127.8% increase by about 100,000 visitors.

2-1 Total

Person

	May 2016	yoy	Jun 2016	yoy	Jul 2016	yoy
The number of Japanese outbound tourists	1,233,170	-2.3%	1,271,146	+6.7%	1,427,000	+8.9%

2-2 By country and region

Person

	May 2016	yoy	Jun 2016	yoy	Jul 2016	yoy
Korea	178,735	-5.1%	180,192	+78%	186,194	+127.8%
China	TBA	TBA	TBA	TBA	TBA	TBA
Taiwan	145,428	+16.8%	130,172	+10.2%	129,748	+14.7%
Hong Kong	82,455	-4.1%	74,366	-6.5%	80,593	+0.8%
Macau	24,965	+2.5%	19,973	-4.8%	20,703	+4.5%
Thailand	100,814	-2.7%	101,315	+0.7%	117,425	+5.4%
Malaysia	TBA	TBA	TBA	TBA	TBA	TBA
Singapore	54,954	+3.7%	54,931	+3.1%	TBA	TBA
Philippines	39,422	+6.3%	TBA	TBA	TBA	TBA
(Bali Airport / Indonesia)	15,204	+8.4%	18,230	+8.9%	TBA	TBA
Vietnam	56,296	+14.5%	54,149	+16.3%	57,389	+14.3%
Canada	21,065	-10.9%	28,860	+19.5%	TBA	TBA
USA	TBA	TBA	TBA	TBA	TBA	TBA
(Hawaii / USA)	113,966	-1.4%	117,057	+0.9%	127,373	-3.5%
Guam	48,891	-0.8%	53,040	-2.3%	54,625	-7.5%
Northern Mariana Islands	4,417	-31.9%	4,708	-25.3%	4,172	-25.8%
Australia	23,000	+21.7%	20,200	+21.7%	TBA	TBA
New Zealand	5,552	+26.2%	4,672	+13.2%	6,944	+8.5%
France	TBA	TBA	TBA	TBA	TBA	TBA
Germany	89,380	-14.5%	105,287	-9.3%	TBA	TBA
Spain	96,307	+13.5%	90,810	+0.5%	71,380	-11.6%

Source : Figures up to February 2013 are provisional data by the Ministry of Justice Figures for March 2013 are estimated by JNTO (Japan National Tourism Organization) Figures in lower indicate comparison ratio of same month on the last year, and in the bottom on the year before last.

※TBA = To Be Announced

The number of Japanese outbound tourists by port of departure

Narita International Airport reported that the number of Japanese departures in June was 477,503, a 0.6% decrease compared to June 2015. Japanese departures from Haneda Airport increased to 329,104(+13.9%). The number of Japanese international departures from Kansai International Airport was 237,678(+8.6%). Central Japan International Airport showed a 7.1% increase to 107,559. A total of 806,607 International departures was recorded by the two Tokyo metropolitan airports.

2-3 The number of Japanese outbound tourists by port of departure

Person

	May 2016	yoy	Jun 2016	yoy
Tokyo/Narita (NRT)	463,710	-4.9%	477,503	-0.6%
Tokyo/Haneda (HND)	315,371	+5.9%	329,104	+13.9%
NRT and HND Total	779,081	-0.8%	806,607	+4.8%

Osaka/Kansai (KIX)	227,910	-3.3%	237,678	+8.6%
Nagoya (NGO)	102,276	-1.9%	107,559	+7.1%

Source : Ministry of Juctice - Stasistics on Immigration Control

Gross Sales of the Major Travel Companies

Gross sales in outbound travel of the major travel companies were approximately 143.2 billion yen in May 2016, a 10.9% decrease from May 2015. Gross sales of outbound package tours were 42.6 billion yen, a decrease of 13.4% from the previous year. Gross sales of domestic travel package tours was 72.9 billion yen, a decrease of 13.3% from the previous year while the number of people participating decreased by 13.4%.

3-1 Sales of Major Wholesalers（May 2016）

million JPY

	JTB	KNT-CT Holdings	Nippon Travel Agency	Hankyu Travel	H.I.S.	Tobu Top Tours
International	28,649	9,998	8,397	15,259	22,310	1,971
Domestic	83,235	28,717	23,041	11,063	3,653	8,870

3-2 Gross Sales of the Major Travel Companies（May 2016）

million JPY

	2016	2015	yoy
Outbound	143,219	160,774	-10.9%
Inbound	17,999	15,569	+15.6%
Domestic	268,491	288,747	-7%

3-3 Gross Sales of Package Tours（May 2016）

million JPY

Person

2016

2015

yoy

2016

2015

yoy

Outbound

42,624

49,227

-13.4%

210,402

229,223

-8.2%

Inbound

716

645

+11%

47,586

38,299

+24.3%

Domestic

72,874

84,035

-13.3%

2,492,607

2,878,821

-13.4%

Total

116,214

133,907

-13.2%

2,750,595

3,146,343

-12.6%

3-4 Sales per capita（May 2016）

JPY

2016	2015
202,584	214,754

Monthly Economic Report

The Japanese government offered the assessment in its Monthly Economic Report for August that "the Japanese economy is on a moderate recovery, while weakness can be seen recently". Concerning short-term prospects, the government showed its opinion of that "the economy is expected toward recovery, supported by the effects of the policies, while employment and income situation is improving. However, there are downside risks of the Japanese economy including slowing down of emerging Asian economies including the Chinese economy and countries with natural resources amid the weakness of overseas economies. In addition, attention should be given to the increased uncertainty in overseas economies, including the issues of the UK leaving the EU and the effects of fluctuations in the financial and capital markets. Also, full attention should be given to the economic impact of the 2016 Kumamoto Earthquake". The consumer price index (based on 2015) for July 2016 was 99.6.

4-1 Monthly Economic Report

Growth Rate of Real GDP	1st quarter 2016	2nd quarter 2016
Growth Rate of Real GDP	+0.5%	─
Growth Rate of Annualized GDP(Seasonally Adjusted)	1st quarter 2016	2nd quarter 2016
Growth Rate of Annualized GDP(Seasonally Adjusted)	+2%	+0.2%
Unemployment Rate(Monthly, seasonally adjusted)	Jun 2016	Jul 2016
Unemployment Rate(Monthly, seasonally adjusted)	+3.1% / 210Million	+3% / 203Million
Consumer Price Index(Montly)	Jun 2016	Jul 2016
Consumer Price Index(Montly)	99.9	99.6
Average Exchange Rate(Montly)	Jun 2016	Jul 2016
	1USD = ¥105.48	1USD = ¥103.98
	1EUR = ¥118.4	1EUR = ¥114.95
	100KRW = ¥9.04	100KRW = ¥9.11
	1CNY = ¥15.98	1CNY = ¥15.55

4-2 Annualized GDP Changes by Quarters (Seasonally Adjusted)

(%)

Glossary Real GDP: The total market value of all goods and services produced within the political boundaries of an economy during a given period of time, usually one year.

Consumer Price Index: The measure of change in consumer prices as determined by a monthly survey of the National Statistics Bureau. Among the Consumer Price Index components are the costs of housing, food, transportation, and electricity.

4-3 Unemployment Rate % and number of the unemployed

(%)(person)

4-4 Monthly Consumer Price Index

(%)

4-5 Currency Exchange Rate USD and EUR

(JPY)

4-6 Currency Exchange Rate KRW and CNY

(JPY)

Source : Bank of Tokyo-Mitsubishi UFJ

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