Tag: "DomesticTravel"
Yokohama City Visitors Bureau launched a new tourism branding campaign ‘Blooming Yokohama’ toward GREEN×EXPO 2027
Yokohama City Visitors Bureau launched a new tourism branding campaign ‘Blooming Yokohama’ to create momentum for ‘GREEN×EXPO 2027,' which will be held from March 19 to September 26 2027.
‘Tourism EXPO Japan 2025’ was held in Aichi for the first time, opening with the prime minister’s remark that tourism is a trump for local revitalization
Tourism EXPO Japan 2025 with a theme of ‘Travel for Discovery and New Encounters’ opened at Aichi Sky Expo in Aichi Prefecture on September 25. At the opening ceremony, Prime Minister Shigeru Ishiba sent a video message: “Tourism is a core industry in the regions.
Yahoo! Search offers a function for a user to create travel routes in conversation with generative AI
ahoo! Search has begun offering a AI assistant function for a user to create travel routes in conversation with generative AI.
A Nihonbashi tour in Tokyo remotely guided by an avatar robot on a traveler’s shoulder is launched
A new tour guided by avatar robot ‘OriHime’ in Nihonbashi area was launched. A pilot can guide a traveler through the "OriHime" that sets on your shoulders, allowing them to walk and talk.
Tourism EXPO Japan 2025 will open in Aichi on September 25, appealing countries or regions directly fling from Centrair Airport
‘Tourism EXPO Japan 2025 Aichi/Central Japan (TEJ2025)’ with a theme of ‘Travel for Discovery and New Encounters’ will open at Aichi Sky Expo for four days from September 25 2025.
Autumn foliage viewing in Japan are expected to be at their average peak, but colors might change due to the extreme heat in this summer
WeatherNews has forecasted that autumn leaves this year are expected to be at their average peak or a little bit behind usual nationwide. Part of autumn leaves might be damaged the colors.
JUNGLIA OKINAWA, a new theme-park in Okinawa, offers a special ticket exclusively for local residents
JUNGLIA OKINAWA sells a special ticket exclusively for local residents in Okinawa in the limited period from September 1 2025 to October 31 2025.
Japanese domestic travel consumption was up 6% in the Q2 of 2025 with a rise in spending per traveler
Total amount of Japanese domestic travel consumption was up 6.2% year on year to 6.8 trillion yen in the 2nd quarter of 2025. Travel spending a travel per traveler was up 5.8% to 46,676 yen.
Major three railway companies of Japan begin a new Shinkansen booking service on LINE, the biggest communication app in Japan
JR Tokai, JR West Japan and JR Kyushu will begin a new Shinkansen booking service on LINE, the biggest communication app in Japan. PayPay, a digital wallet, can be selected as payment.
A Japanese digital ticket system provider deals with bus tour tickets in a port-of-call city for cruise passengers
Lecip Holdings has begun dealing with tour bus ticket on the digital ticket system ‘QUICK TRIP Ticket’ for cruise passengers who join a tour in Ishigaki Island.
A new audio streaming solution is launched in Japan for tour participants to share voices on smartphone in real time
A new audio streaming service ‘MORPHONE’ is launched in the tourism market. The cloud-based service, without downloading an app, distributes audio to tour participants on their smartphones all at once.
NAVITIME, a Japanese navigation app, provides ‘summer retreat mode’ on its travel planning & booking service
NAVITIME JAPAN has begun providing ‘‘summer retreat mode’ on its travel planning & booking service ‘NAVITIME Travel’ to propose summer retreat destinations.
Jalan Research Center shares the latest domestic travel trends in Japan, showing increases in ‘solo traveling’ and ‘local experiences and interactions’
Jalan Research Center recently shared the results of ‘domestic travel trends 2025 survey,' explaining the ratio of Japanese people who traveled in Japan in FY2024 ending March 31 2025 was 49.3%, slightly lower than 49.5% in FY2023.
The first outdoor Pokemon park ‘Poke Park KANTO’ will open in Tokyo in the spring 2026
‘Poke Park KANTO’ will open in part of Yomiuri Land in Tokyo in the spring 2026. more than 600 Pokemons will show up in ‘Pokemon Forest’ and ‘Kayatsuri Town’.'
Japanese OTA ‘jalan.net' increased domestic accommodation bookings in FY2024 by 11% to record-high 1.4 trillion yen
Japanese OTA ‘jalan.net' continues encouraging users to book travels through demand-boosting to meet each region’s needs, creation of tourism contents, distribution of coupons and sales campaigns.
Japanese experience booking platform Veltra launches a tailor-made travel brand for luxury travelers
Japanese experience booking platform Veltra has started testing a membership concierge service for luxury travelers to provide priceless tailor-made travels.
22% of the total population in Japan, about 22.6 million peoples, are involved in particular regions in certain ways
About 22.6 million Japanese peoples, 22% of the total population, are involved in particular regions continuously and in certain ways. Out of the total, visitors to particular regions were about 18.8 million.
The ratio of ‘I want to go to Osaka EXPO’ is rising rapidly, and the satisfaction rate among visitors is 73%
The ratio of answers that ‘I want to go to the EXPO’ as of the middle of May was 33.7%, 9.7 higher points than the last survey in October 2024, according to The Mitsubishi Research Institute (MRI) survey.
HIS has received more bookings of both domestic and overseas travels in the summer holiday period of 2025
HIS overseas travel bookings in this summer vacation period (July 19 to August 31) was up 8.2% year on year. The average cost was up 7% to 204,300 yen.
Japanese overseas travelers are expected to increase by 21% in the summer of 2025 - JTB forecasts
JTB has forecasted that the number of Japanese travelers in the summer vacation period this year (July 15 to August 31) will increase by 0.8% year on year to 74.6 million in total.
