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Local consumption in Japan by luxury inbound travelers potentially spending 1 million yen or more increased by 50% in 2023 compared to 2019

JTB launches a new website for global luxury travelers, using blockchain technology for new sales and payment schemes

Yamanashi Prefecture, Japan reveals survey results of ‘Fuji Tram,’ a new transport system for Mt.Fuji to control 1,200 visitors an hour

Airbnb.org launches a disaster preparedness program in Japan to provide its listings as shelters within 24 hours after a natural disaster happens

A clinic search service for foreign visitors to Japan is launched in linkage with Google Map

Global luggage storage service provider Bounce partners JOYSOUND, Japan’s leading karaoke shops, to boost empty-handed travel

Total sales of Japanese travel companies reduced by 17% in March 2025 due to poor domestic travel business

JAL launches a new stay package for people living in a city to stay in Hokkaido temporarily with six flight tickets available a month

Country Farm Tokyo German Village digitizes drive check-in ticket with no need to get out a car to ease traffic jam

VELTRA, the Japanese leading booking platform for tours and activities for Japanese travelers, reveals that Japanese users’ needs for overseas activities are diversified in this summer

Traveloka, a major OTA in Southeast Asia, enters the Japanese market with thoroughly- localized services for Japanese travelers

Japan’s taxi app GO opens a mini program in China’s No.1 communication app WeChat in partnership with e-ticket platform Linktivity

ANA renews domestic flight airfares to three types in May next year in accordance with integration of the passenger system

JTB posts more than 1 trillion yen in sales for two consecutive years, but reduced profits due to strategic investments

Digital

JTB launches a new website for global luxury travelers, using blockchain technology for new sales and payment schemes

JTB launches a new website for global luxury travelers, using blockchain technology for new sales and payment schemes

Japan Bound

Local consumption in Japan by luxury inbound travelers potentially spending 1 million yen or more increased by 50% in 2023 compared to 2019

Local consumption in Japan by luxury inbound travelers potentially spending 1 million yen or more increased by 50% in 2023 compared to 2019

Japanese Travelers

Total sales of Japanese travel companies reduced by 17% in March 2025 due to poor domestic travel business

Total sales of Japanese travel companies reduced by 17% in March 2025 due to poor domestic travel business

Japan Domestic Travel

Global luggage storage service provider Bounce partners JOYSOUND, Japan’s leading karaoke shops, to boost empty-handed travel

Global luggage storage service provider Bounce partners JOYSOUND, Japan’s leading karaoke shops, to boost empty-handed travel

Statistics

Global Power City Index 2024 shows Tokyo remains 3rd but narrows the gap of New York as 2nd

Global Power City Index 2024 shows Tokyo remains 3rd but narrows the gap of New York as 2nd

Travel Sectors

JTB launches a new website for global luxury travelers, using blockchain technology for new sales and payment schemes

JTB launches a new website for global luxury travelers, using blockchain technology for new sales and payment schemes

DMOs

The average daily rate of hotels in Kyoto City reached record-high 20,195 yen with the occupancy rate of 78.5% in 2024

The average daily rate of hotels in Kyoto City reached record-high 20,195 yen with the occupancy rate of 78.5% in 2024

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