International visitors staying overnight in Kyoto in 2015 reached 35.1% of the total

Kyoto Convention Bureau announced that the ratio of international visitors staying overnight in Kyoto was up 6.2 points year on year to 35.1% of the total in 2015. The year-on-year growths were found in all of the 12 months, and in July 2015 particularly the ratio reached record-high 41% of the total.

The table below shows the monthly results of the room occupancy rates and the international visitor ratios in 2015.

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By market, the top was Taiwan with the ratio of 22.5%, followed by China with 19.9% and U.S.A. with 12.3%. The ratio of China rapidly grew from a half of Taiwan in 2014 to a difference of 2.6 points in 2015. For the Chinese New Year period in February 2015,, visitors from China and Taiwan accounted for 60% or higher of the total.

The following table shows market shares and year-on-year changes by market:

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