Latest News International visitors to Japan down 2.2% in August 2019, affected by a 50% decrease in Korean visitors Sep 25, 2019 30% of business travelers spend one or more hours in booking their business trips Sep 21, 2019 Major DMOs in western Japan work together to attract long stay international travelers Sep 21, 2019 Airbnb forms partnership with Kobe City in Japan for farm stay to attract agri-inbound travelers Sep 20, 2019 20% decrease in seat availability is found on Japan-South Korea routes - OAG analysis Sep 19, 2019 A major Japanese railway company ties up with Klook to sell combination of in-destination products with railway pass Sep 18, 2019 Accommodations in 12 Rugby World Cup host cities of Japan are more searched in favorite countries - Expedia survey Sep 18, 2019 Japan Tourism Agency unveils a basic policy draft for IR development Sep 13, 2019 Private Accommodation registrations in Japan reach 18,000 as of August 2019, nine times more than a year earlier Sep 13, 2019 The 9th Japan-China-South Korea Tourism Summit signs a joint communique for mutual tourism cooperation Sep 13, 2019 Cool Japan Fund invests 1.1 billion yen to KKday, a Taiwan-based local tour booking platform, in partnership for in-destination spending in Japan Sep 12, 2019 Ministry of Transport decides to allocate 50 additional international daytime slots a day of Haneda Airport to 9 countries Sep 12, 2019 The expanding cashless market of Japan is forecasted to grow to a market scale of 10 trillion JPY in FY2021 Sep 06, 2019 New York-based discount ticketing service TKTS opens in Tokyo and Osaka Sep 05, 2019 Booking.com announces Japanese city ranking in terms of bookings by international visitors in the first half of 2019 Sep 04, 2019 Narita Airport enriches terminal services for night flights, extending operation hours of tenant shops Sep 04, 2019 Ministry of Transport requests a budget of 450 billion JPY for airport developments in FY2020 Sep 03, 2019 Japanese spending to domestic travel increased by 17% year on year on Q2 of 2019, though the average spending a traveler for overnight trip was down Aug 31, 2019 Korean Air considerably reduces Japan services and instead extends network for Southeast Asia and China Aug 30, 2019 Year-on-year comparison of visitors to Japan from Australia, U.S. and U.K. in June 2019 Aug 29, 2019 Japanese overseas travelers up 6.5% to 1.65 million in July 2019 Aug 28, 2019 International visitors to Japan up 5.6% to 2.99 million in July 2019 with the first over 1 million Chinese visitors Aug 28, 2019 40% of business travelers in Japan book hotels by themselves, more than booking by a company Aug 23, 2019 JAL and ANA are top two airlines serving tasty in-flight meals Aug 22, 2019 JTB is No.1 travel agent in Japan in terms of consolidated sales in 2018 Aug 21, 2019 Japan is the most-preferred destination to travel for Hong Kong travelers Aug 20, 2019 80 percent of Japanese families buy admission tickets in advance for smoother in-destination activity or for incentive Aug 19, 2019 The awareness of ‘bleisure’ adding leisure travel to business trip is just 19% in Japan Aug 17, 2019 JTB Tourism Research & Consulting forecasts 33.5 million international visitors to Japan in 2019 Aug 16, 2019 The number of international conferences in Kyoto reached record-high in 2018 with a 20.5% share of foreigner participants Aug 16, 2019 Year-on-year comparison of visitors to Japan from South Korea, China, Taiwan, and Hong Kong in June 2019 Aug 16, 2019 New air routes into Tokyo Haneda Airport will be effective in March 2020 to add 39,000 international slots a year Aug 13, 2019 Traveling rate, travelers and guest nights in the domestic travel market of Japan increased for two years in a row Aug 10, 2019 ANA and JAL each will launch Narita-Vladivostok services in 2020 Aug 09, 2019 Travel Voice LIVE with NAVITIME Japan discuss what in-destination suppliers should address now Aug 08, 2019 Mafengwo, a leading Chinese travel information platform, enters the Japanese market Aug 07, 2019 Seventy percent of foreigners living in Japan say that Japan is hotter than their home countries in the summer Aug 06, 2019 Universal Studio Japan is No.1 theme park in Japan for three years in a row, based on TripAdvisor word of mouth Aug 02, 2019 JTB REPORT 2019 shows the highest departure rate from Japan was found in 20s females Aug 01, 2019 Oriental Land managing Tokyo Disneyland earned annual revenues of 408 billion JPY in 2018, ranked top in Japan Jul 31, 2019 Local airports have the key to increase regular inbound travelers to Japan Jul 31, 2019 Face recognition gates for foreigner departures are in operation at seven airports in Japan Jul 30, 2019 NAVITIME and KDDI demonstrate tourism-oriented MaaS in Chiba, Japan, participated by a local railway Jul 26, 2019 H.I.S. becomes the Japan’s first official partner of Spanish professional football LaLiga, selling VIP seat package Jul 25, 2019 WeChat Pay member shops in Japan grow sixfold in the past year, boosted by a rapid increase in Chinese travelers Jul 24, 2019 Japanese overseas travelers up 7% to 1.52 million in June 2019, seeing 20 million in total a year Jul 24, 2019 International visitors to Japan up 6.5% to 2.88 million in June 2019, despite reductions of visitors from Thailand and Indonesia Jul 24, 2019 Okinawa is the best preferred destination among Japanese in 2019, ranked top in 4 categories Jul 20, 2019 Tourism MaaS demonstrators reveal good interim results in downloading exclusively available apps in Izu area of Japan Jul 19, 2019 Amazon users exceed 50 million in Japan, boosted by an increase in mobile users Jul 18, 2019
