Japan Travel and Tourism Association, Japan Association of Travel Agents (JATA) and Japan National Tourism Organization (JNTO) announced on July 9 detailed contents of Tourism EXPO Japan in... Read more
Ministry of Land, Infrastructure, Transport and Tourism recently reported that the number of international visitors to Japan on cruise ships were down 3.1% year on year to 2.45 million in 20... Read more
Holland-based ticketing platform Tiqets has agreed to form partnership with UNESCO World Heritage temple ‘Hieizan Enryakuji’ to support sales of admission tickets and on-site activity progra... Read more
Yano Research Institute announced its survey results that inbound tourism policies of 20 major cities face challenges of ‘human resource,’ ‘budget’ and ‘knowledge/skill in their inbound tour... Read more
The recent Japan Tourism Agency’s survey to international visitors to Japan finds that the most-answered troubles in traveling is ‘communication with staff (20.6%),’ ‘free public Wi-Fi (18.7... Read more
Airbnb has estimated that 300,000 or more international visitors to Japan will stay in its listed private accommodations during half-a-month Rugby World Cup in Japan ending November 2 2019,... Read more
Japan National Tourism Organization (JNTO) reported that the number of international visitors to Japan in May 2019 was just up 3.7% year on year to 2,675,052, which were record-high for May.... Read more
Chill Chill Japan, Japan travel information website for Thai people, conducted the 2nd awareness survey on Thai people traveling in Japan. It is noteworthy that other cities than so-called G... Read more
Japan Tourism Agency (JTA)’s Sustainable Tourism Promotion Office has summarized the current situation and its future policy about overtourism. JTA defines over-tourism in Tourism White Pape... Read more
Ministry of Foreign Affaires recently reported that visas issued by Japanese embassies in foreign countries were up 18.5% year on year to record-high 6,952,804, exceeding the previous record... Read more
