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Japanese overnight travel spending in Japan slightly reduced in Q1 of 2017

Japanese overnight travel spending in Japan slightly reduced in Q1 of 2017

Japan Tourism Agency (JTA) reported that spending on travel in Japan by Japanese was up 0.1% year on year to 4,415.4 billion JPY in the first quarter of 2017 (January to March 2017). The total consisted of 3,339.6 billion JPY for overnight travel (-1.6%) and 1,075.8 billion JPY for daytrip.

Japanese travelers in Japan reduced by 3.2% to 138.7 million, which were broken down into 706.9 overnight travelers (-4.0%) and 68 million day travelers (-2.4%). The reduction mainly resulted from fewer holidays in January and February in 2017 than a year earlier, according to JTA. 

The table below shows quarterly change of spending on travel in Japan by Japanese:

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Spending per travel per capita was up 3.4% to 31,844 JPY. It was 47,245 JPY for overnight travel (+2.5%) and 15,828 JPY for day travel (+8.3%). 

The table below shows quarterly change of spending per travel per capita:

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