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Google search trend for travel in Japan: increase in searches for "things to do" while traveling

Google search trend for travel in Japan: increase in searches for "things to do" while traveling

#Google
Expedia survey shows the highest growth rate of visitors to Japan is found in Canada

Expedia survey shows the highest growth rate of visitors to Japan is found in Canada

#Expedia
The most-used SNS in Tokyo is LINE, far beyond YouTube and Facebook

The most-used SNS in Tokyo is LINE, far beyond YouTube and Facebook

#SNS
The amended tourist guide law allows H.I.S. to start operating a new platform for international visitors to Japan

The amended tourist guide law allows H.I.S. to start operating a new platform for international visitors to Japan

#InboundTravelInJapan #SharingEconomy #HIS
AI SAMURAI tourist guide is demonstrated in Asakusa, Tokyo

AI SAMURAI tourist guide is demonstrated in Asakusa, Tokyo

#AI
Asoview!, a Japan’s local activity booking platform, links the lodging direct booking system on Yahoo! Japan

Asoview!, a Japan’s local activity booking platform, links the lodging direct booking system on Yahoo! Japan

#BusinessPartnership
China’s largest vacation rental platform Tujia ties up with Rakuten to exploit the Japan market in earnest

China’s largest vacation rental platform Tujia ties up with Rakuten to exploit the Japan market in earnest

#BusinessPartnership #VacationRental
Airbnb Japan ties up with Mizuho Bank, a Japan’s leading bank, for exploration of vacation rentals in Japan

Airbnb Japan ties up with Mizuho Bank, a Japan’s leading bank, for exploration of vacation rentals in Japan

#Airbnb
Users of foreign-based OTAs are rapidly growing in Japan, like doubling of trivago users

Users of foreign-based OTAs are rapidly growing in Japan, like doubling of trivago users

#online
Booking.com expects to send around 45% more customers to Kyoto by the end of 2017

Booking.com expects to send around 45% more customers to Kyoto by the end of 2017

#TravelTrend #Bookingcom
AI helps lodging and restaurant businesses increase annual revenue by 74% - Accenture report

AI helps lodging and restaurant businesses increase annual revenue by 74% - Accenture report

#AI
KAYAK, a Priceline Group, develops its full-scale meta-search business in the Japan market

KAYAK, a Priceline Group, develops its full-scale meta-search business in the Japan market

#meta-search
HIS launches a C2C platform connecting between international travelers and local tourist guides in Japan

HIS launches a C2C platform connecting between international travelers and local tourist guides in Japan

#HIS
Rakuten LIFULL STAY and HomeAway tie up for the vacation rental business in Japan for international visitors

Rakuten LIFULL STAY and HomeAway tie up for the vacation rental business in Japan for international visitors

#Rakuten #VacationRental
TripAdvisor awards Certificate of Excellence to more than 6,500 lodgings, tourist spots and restaurants in Japan

TripAdvisor awards Certificate of Excellence to more than 6,500 lodgings, tourist spots and restaurants in Japan

#TripAdvisor
Four major Japanese OTAs talk about their next moves at WIT Japan 2017

Four major Japanese OTAs talk about their next moves at WIT Japan 2017

#OTA #WITJapan
Rakuten, the Japan’s leading online platform, enters a vacation rental market by forming a joint venture with the real estate agency

Rakuten, the Japan’s leading online platform, enters a vacation rental market by forming a joint venture with the real estate agency

#Rakuten #VacationRental
Germany-based Trust You becomes a 100% subsidiary of Japan’s Recruit

Germany-based Trust You becomes a 100% subsidiary of Japan’s Recruit

#BusinessPartnership
Seventy percent of Japanese overseas FIT books their travels online, outnumbering real agencies

Seventy percent of Japanese overseas FIT books their travels online, outnumbering real agencies

#OutboundTravelFromJapan #BookingTrend
A miniature indoor park with state-of-the-art technologies will open in Tokyo in 2020

A miniature indoor park with state-of-the-art technologies will open in Tokyo in 2020

#newbusiness #AI

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A helicopter tour in Nikko Kinugawa, a popular tourist destination in Japan for autumn leaves, is available at 339,000 yen to avoid traffic jam

JW Marriott Hotel Tokyo opened in TAKANAWA GATEWAY CITY, with a CEO Capuano's comment that Japan is the most energetic market

Japan’s Leisure White Paper 2025 shows that the leisure market scale reached 75 trillion yen in 2024, and domestic travel was the top activity

Kyoto City strengthens to send messages of tourism manners to foreign visitors in the busiest autumn leaves season

Japan’s local OTA Rakuten Travel has begun offering more than 400,000 hotels in the world as a global OTA

Statistics

Mastercard Economics Institute analyzes weak yen gives larger influence to Asian travelers to Japan

Mastercard Economics Institute analyzes weak yen gives larger influence to Asian travelers to Japan

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

International visitors to Japan were record-high for 7 months in a row with 2.93 million in August 2024

International visitors to Japan were record-high for 7 months in a row with 2.93 million in August 2024
LINE Yahoo search trend shows Japanese solo travelers are interested in South Korea or Bangkok in this summer

LINE Yahoo search trend shows Japanese solo travelers are interested in South Korea or Bangkok in this summer

Foreigners’ guest nights increased in other local destinations than Golden Route in Japan, according to the May 2024 statistics

Foreigners’ guest nights increased in other local destinations than Golden Route in Japan, according to the May 2024 statistics

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