Tourism Statistics

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

The latest tourism statistics as of July 2014*The figure is based on the statistics as of Jul 10,2014

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 the JNTO, the number of international visitors to Japan in May 2014 was 1,097,000(+25.3%) which was the second largest number in the history. The total number of inbound travelers from January to May 2014 became record setting pace of 5,203,000 (+28.4%).
Looking by the destination, the number of travelers from Taiwan recorded the highest number as a single month basis(282,000 +44.1%) and the total number of inbound travelers from Taiwan from January to May 2014 exceeded that of Korea. The number of inbound travelers from South East Asia, Europe, North America and Australia also showed a good move.

1-1 Total

Person

	Mar 2014	yoy	Apr 2014	yoy	May 2014	yoy
The number of foreign tourists to Japan	1,050,559	+22.6%	1,231,500	+33.4%	1,097,200	+25.3%

1-2 By country and region

Person

	Mar 2014	yoy	Apr 2014	yoy	May 2014	yoy
Korea	192,078	-7.2%	194,000	-5%	195,300	-14.6%
Taiwan	208,610	+41.5%	257,900	+30.3%	282,000	+44.1%
China	184,064	+80%	190,600	+90.3%	165,800	+103.3%
Hong Kong	64,482	+8.6%	79,300	+44.1%	70,700	+19.5%
Thailand	71,122	+58.6%	99,400	+65.1%	62,300	+54.7%
Singapore	16,378	+22.1%	18,700	+28.2%	18,300	+12%
Australia	21,334	-5.4%	30,200	+32.8%	18,600	+15.9%
The entire USA	80,929	+7.2%	85,300	+22.6%	80,400	+8.6%
Canada	16,079	+6.3%	17,800	+27.5%	16,000	+13.8%
The entire UK	20,029	-8.3%	23,600	+27.2%	16,900	+10.7%
Germany	13,752	+4.2%	15,200	+32.9%	12,100	+21.1%
France	15,788	+20.9%	22,200	+17.7%	14,900	+15.4%
- Asia	823,804	+28.6%	TBA	TBA	TBA	TBA
- North America	100,043	+7%	TBA	TBA	TBA	TBA
- Oceania	24,242	-5.5%	TBA	TBA	TBA	TBA
- Europe	94,334	+3.7%	TBA	TBA	TBA	TBA

Source : JNTO

※TBA = To Be Announced

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

Japan National Tourist Organization announced that the estimated number of Japanese overseas travelers in May 2014 was 1,276,000, a 0.9% increase year-on-year basis for the first time in the recent five months.
Number of travelers to Korea showed 9.6% decrease for the twenty-one straight months. The number of travelers to Thailand also showed a double digit decline (-15.1%). On the other hand, travelers to Taiwan increased 28.5% for the nine months running.

2-1 Total

Person

	Mar 2014	yoy	Apr 2014	yoy	May 2014	yoy
The number of Japanese outbound tourists	1,596,751	-3.4%	1,189,132	-4.4%	1,276,000	+0.9%

2-2 By country and region

Person

	Mar 2014	yoy	Apr 2014	yoy	May 2014	yoy
Korea	247,262	-14.4%	179,593	-11.3%	201,489	-9.6%
China	227,700	-12.9%	194,100	-14.8%	222,300	-3.3%
Taiwan	163,467	+9.1%	116,570	+13.5%	133,438	+28.6%
Hong Kong	107,726	+3.6%	76,280	-2.9%	91,831	+12%
Macau	28,719	-5.2%	20,039	+4%	22,538	-15.2%
Thailand	101,026	-26.1%	99,780	-10.3%	88,913	-15.1%
Malaysia	56,369	+8.4%	37,692	+4.9%	TBA	TBA
Singapore	85,945	-1.6%	50,742	-4.8%	TBA	TBA
Philippines	TBA	TBA	TBA	TBA	TBA	TBA
(Bali Airport / Indonesia)	15,048	-19.9%	15,835	+4.6%	TBA	TBA
Vietnam	58,266	+0.9%	51,506	+6%	TBA	TBA
Canada	18,148	-0.1%	14,447	+17.5%	TBA	TBA
USA	TBA	TBA	TBA	TBA	TBA	TBA
(Hawaii / USA)	129,726	+1.8%	98,174	-1.7%	TBA	TBA
Guam	92,752	-11.9%	56,313	-5.6%	48,654	-8.4%
Northern Mariana Islands	13,396	-26.4%	6,962	-26.2%	TBA	TBA
Australia	37,600	+4.2%	17,000	-11.5%	TBA	TBA
New Zealand	8,656	-10%	4,192	-6.8%	4,528	+39.4%
France	TBA	TBA	TBA	TBA	TBA	TBA
Germany	100,687	-0.1%	78,012	-14.4%	TBA	TBA
Spain	116,434	+5.1%	78,630	+8.2%	99,164	+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 April 2014 was 469,220, down 18.6% from April 2013. Japanese departures from Haneda Airport increased to 263,904 (+36.5%). Japanese international departures from Kansai International Airport was 221,020 (-4.1%). Central Japan International Airport showed a 3.5% decrease to 111,791. International departures from the two Tokyo metropolitan airports totaled to 733,124.

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

Person

	Mar 2014	yoy	Apr 2014	yoy
Tokyo/Narita (NRT)	726,819	-2.3%	469,220	-18.6%
Tokyo/Haneda (HND)	244,456	+0.6%	263,904	+36.5%
NRT and HND Total	971,275	-1.6%	733,124	-4.7%

Osaka/Kansai (KIX)	317,631	-6.8%	221,020	-4.1%
Nagoya (NGO)	139,873	-7.1%	111,791	-3.5%

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 144.3 billion yen in April 2014, a decrease of 5.1% from April 2013. Gross sales of outbound package tours in April 2014 were 45.2 billion JPY, a decrease of 6.3% from a year ago. On the other hand, gross sales of inbound travel in April became 65.0 billion JPY, an increase of 0.9% from a year ago.

3-1 Sales of Major Wholesalers（April,2013）

million JPY

	JTB	KNT-CT Holdings	Nippon Travel Agency	Hankyu Travel	H.I.S.	Toptour
International	29,443	29,443	8,997	15,114	22,511	1,810
Domestic	64,304	130,194	17,150	12,054	3,026	5,140

3-2 Gross Sales of the Major Travel Companies（April,2013）

million JPY

	2014	2013	yoy
Outbound	144,259	151,948	-5.1%
Inbound	12,311	8,138	+51.3%
Domestic	276,342	277,918	-0.6%

3-3 Gross Sales of Package Tours（April,2013）

million JPY

Person

2014

2013

yoy

2014

2013

yoy

Outbound

45,167

48,178

-6.3%

224,867

270,623

-16.9%

Inbound

613

381

+60.9%

36,259

21,880

+65.7%

Domestic

65,022

64,421

+0.9%

2,642,753

2,618,490

+0.9%

Total

110,802

112,980

-1.9%

2,903,879

2,910,993

-0.2%

3-4 Sales per capita（April,2013）

JPY

2014	2013
200,860	178,028

Monthly Economic Report

In June, the Japanese government announced that the Japanese economy is on a moderate recovery trend, while some weak movements are seen lately due to a reaction after a last-minute rise in demand before a consumption tax increase. Concerning short-term prospects, although weakness remains for the time being due to the reaction after a last-minute rise in demand, the economy is expected to recover as the effect gradually lessens, while the effects of the policies support. However, slowing down of overseas economies is still downside risk of the Japanese economy. The consumer price index for May 2014 was 103.5, increased 0.4 point from a previous month.

4-1 Monthly Economic Report

Growth Rate of Real GDP	4th quarter 2013	1st quarter 2014
Growth Rate of Real GDP	+0.1%	+1.6%
Growth Rate of Annualized GDP(Seasonally Adjusted)	4th quarter 2013	1st quarter 2014
Growth Rate of Annualized GDP(Seasonally Adjusted)	+0.3%	+6.7%
Unemployment Rate(Monthly, seasonally adjusted)	Apr 2014	May 2014
Unemployment Rate(Monthly, seasonally adjusted)	+3.6% / 254Million	+3.5% / 242Million
Consumer Price Index(Montly)	Apr 2014	May 2014
Consumer Price Index(Montly)	103.1	103.5
Average Exchange Rate(Montly)	Apr 2014	May 2014
	1USD = ¥102.51	1USD = ¥101.64
	1EUR = ¥141.74	1EUR = ¥138.33
	100KRW = ¥9.85	100KRW = ¥9.96
	1CNY = ¥16.49	1CNY = ¥16.32

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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