1-1.Japanese Economic Trend (released in December 2009)

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1-2. Number of Japanese Overseas Travelers in October 2009

Japan National Tourist Organization announced that the total number of Japanese overseas travelers in October 2009 was 1,359,000, a 0.4% increase over October 2008. Despite the slight increase over the previous year, the travel market has not yet recovered from a sharp decline that began in the summer of 2008 due to the world economy crisis and the rise of fuel prices.
For October, Korea continued to experience a large increase in Japanese visitor arrival (+16.7%) as a result of depreciation of Korean Won against Japanese Yen. Japanese tourist arrival also increased in Thailand (+6.6%), Hawaii (+2.6%) and Guam (+5.7%). A continuous decrease was seen in the Japanese arrival to Canada (-32.4%).

Narita International Airport reported that the number of Japanese departures in October 2009 was 737,927 up 1.1% from the same month of the year before. Kansai International Airport recorded 277,630, (+0.4%), and Central Japan International Airport 131,924, (-11.0%).

Number of Japanese Overseas Travelers by Destinations August to October 2009

**nges % = vs. the same month of the year before
*Figures not available
Source: Japan Tourism Marketing Co, and JNTO

Number of Japanese Overseas Travelers by Departure Airport (Oct. 2009）

1-3. Number of Inbound Travelers in October 2009

According to the JNTO, the number of international visitors for October 2009 was 655,400, a 11.3% fall from the same period of the previous year. In October, Japan experienced an increase of tourist arrival from China (+25.1%), Thailand (+8.8%), Canada (+2.1%), and Australia (+9.3%). Korean visitor arrival to Japan was down 30.6% from October 2008, and Taiwanese arrival was -22.5%. The recent depreciation of KRW against JPY remains to be a discouraging factor for Koreans to visit Japan.

Number of Inbound Travelers by Destinations August to October 2009

Source: JNTO

1-4. Gross Sales of Major Companies (Outbound Travel Products)

Gross sales in outbound travel of the top 50 travel companies were approximately 174 billion JPY in October 2009. It has decreased by 18.7% from the same month of the previous year. Gross sales of outbound package tours in October 2009 were 57.9 billion JPY, decreased by 7.3% from the year ago, while total number of tourists on package tours increased by 11.7%.

Chart 1: Major Wholesalers Sales (Oct. 2009)

KNT: Kinki Nippon Tourist, NTA: Nippon Travel Agency, HEI: Hankyu Express International,
TOP: Toptour Corporation (formerly Tokyu Tourist Corporation)

Chart 2: Gross Sales of the Top 50 Travel Companies (Oct. 2009)

Chart3: Gross Sales of Package Tours 　(Oct. 2009)

Chart4: Per Person Sales　 (Oct. 2009)