Japan-bound Statistics

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• According to JNTO, the estimated number of international travelers to Japan in January was 2.7 million with a decline of 1.1% compared to the previous year, and it has been decreased for four successive months. Following last month, this was greatly affected by the deceleration of the South Korean market. However, since the Chinese New Year shifted to January from February this year, the time of growing demand for visiting Japan also became earlier, the stable growth was seen among Southeast Asian and other markets.
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• By market, China, with 924,000 travelers (+22.6% from the previous year), together with Taiwan (461,000, +19.0%), and Hong Kong (219,000, +42.2%), increased compared to the previous year and recorded the highest figure for January in history. This was considered to be contributed by the effect of the earlier Chinese New Year as well as the increase of the airline seat capacity. The remarkable increase of over 40% in the Southeast Asian markets including Malaysia, the Philippines, and Vietnam was recorded. However, the cut of international flights due to the current situation between South Korea & Japan has caused a decline of 59.4% in Korean visitors from the previous year.