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Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Japan lowers the COVID-19-related travel warning to LEVEL 1 in 36 countries and regions
Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Japan lowered the COVID-19-related travel warning from LEVEL 2 “Avoid unessential travel’ to LEVEL 1 ‘Traveling carefully’ in 36 countries and regions.
Travel spending a Japanese traveler was up in Q1 of 2022 even compared to 2019
The total amount of Japanese travel consumption was up 35.4% year on year to 2.2 trillion JPY in the first three months of 2022. Travel spending a traveler was up 10.8% year on year to 35,879 JPY, which were 2.9% more than even 2019.
Japanese outbound travelers exceeded 100,000 in April 2022 for the first time in the past two year
The number of Japanese overseas travelers were 129,200 in April 2022, exceeding 100,000 a month for the first time since March 2020, boosted by ease of travel warning.
International arrivals in Japan exceeded 100,000 in April 2022 for the first time since March 2020
The number of international arrivals in Japan in April 2022 reached 139,500, exceeding 100,000 a month for the first time since March 2021.
Arrival test and quarantine in Japan will be exempted for visitors from low-risk countries and regions on June 1
The Japanese government has decided that international visitors to Japan from designated low-risk countries and regions will be exempted from arrival test and quarantine on June 1, raising the entry ceiling from 10,000 entries a day today to 20,000 entries a day.
Japan Tourism Agency tests leisure-purpose inbound travel in a way of a managed tour with a guide
Japan Tourism Agency will develop a pilot program to restart receiving leisure-purpose inbound travel by the end of Mayto draw up a guideline for tour operators and accommodation providers.
Spending by international visitors in Japan amounted to 35.2 billion JPY for the first three months of 2022
Spending by international visitors in Japan amounted to 35.2 billion JPY for the first three months of 2022. Based on 100,566 visitors, spending a visitor was 350,225 JPY.
JNTO survey finds 40% of travelers from Taiwan and Hong Kong have visited Japan four times or more
Japan National Tourism Organization (JNTO)'s survey finds that potential visitors to Japan are estimated at about 330 million out of the total population of 4.5 billion in 22 focus markets. About 40% of overseas travel experiences in Taiwan and Hong Kong have visited Japan four times or more.
Japanese tourism organizations and transportation companies demand ease of travel restrictions to the Transport Minister
Tourism-related organizations, including Japan Association of Travel Agents (JATA) and Japan Travel and Tourism Association, ANA, JAL and JR Group together requested ease of travel restrictions to Tetsuo Saito, Minster of Land, Infrastructure, Transport and Tourism.
ANA restarts serving A380 flights for Hawaii in July, expecting the demand will soar in this summer
ANA will increase Haneda-Honolulu services in this summer, adding Narita-Honolulu flights with A380 nicknamed as FLYING HONU on July 1.
ANA and JAL considerably increased passengers for Golden Week holiday period without any travel restrictions
ANA and JAL considerably increased passengers and rose the load factors on both domestic and international flights for this year’s Golden Week holiday period.
HIS, a major travel agent in Japan, launches a farm company to sell agriculture products
HIS launched ‘HIS Farmers,’ a farm company to cultivate and distribute agriculture products, starting cultivating tomato in Hasuda City, Saitama and grapefruit in Nichinan City, Miyazaki.
The best ‘must-go-flower park’ in Japan is ‘Ashikaga Flower Park’ with gorgeous spring wisteria in Tochigi Prefecture
Travel magazine ‘Jalan' survey finds that the best ‘must-go-flower park’ in Japan is ‘Ashikaga Flower Park’ in Tochigi Prefecture, a well-known park for spring wisteria.
KNT, a major Japanese travel agent, restarts dynamic package tours for Guam and Hawaii
Kinki Nippon Tourist or KNT will restart selling its dynamic package tours for Guam and Hawaii on May 17 2022.
Okinawa expects to restore incoming tourists well even after the Golden Week holiday period
Okinawa Convention and Visitors Bureau (OCVB) announced its forecast to increase incoming tourists for the first three months of FY2022 (April to June 2022) by 113.7% year on year to 1,187,000.
JAL forecasts to end in the black for FY2022, expecting to recover international passengers to 45% of pre-COVID-19
JAL Group succeeded in increasing revenue and shrinking deficits considerably for FY2021 through its thorough cost reduction efforts and growth of the international cargo business. It has forecasted to end in the black for FY2022.
ANA X becomes a partner with Agoda to launch a new accommodation booking site
ANA X, an ANA Group company for an online platform business, has tied up with Singapore-based OTA Agoda to launch ‘ANA World Hotel, ’offering more than 1.5 million hotels in the world.
HIS offers a package of nine services to sweep away concerns about overseas travel for Japanese travelers
HIS has started offering ‘RE:TRAVEL SUPPORT,’ a package of nine services to support Japanese overseas travelers, including bookings of PCR tests before departure overseas and return to Japan.
A Japanese travel industry organization clarifies guidelines to perform overseas travel tours amid the pandemic
Japan Association of Travel Agents (JATA) announced guidelines for travel companies to restart performing overseas travel tours, including criteria to suspend a tour and to collect cancellation fee.
ANA Holdings considerably improved annual deficits for FY2021, expecting to make a profit for FY2022
ANA Holdings ended FY2021 ending March 31 2022 with much better business results than a year ago, increasing sales and improving deficits, as a result of more thorough cost management to reduce fixed costs.
