Tag: "InboundTravelInJapan"
There is a 4.5 times gap between Japanese travelers to Taiwan and Taiwanese travelers to Japan in 2025
There was still a 4.5 times gap between Japanese travelers to Taiwan and Taiwanese travelers to Japan. Taiwan Tourism Administration is trying to increase Japanese travelers to Taiwan.
International visitor spending in Japan amounted to 2.3 trillion yen for the first three months of 2026
Spending by international visitors for the first three months of 2026 increased by 2.5% year on year to 2.3 trillion yen. A French traveler spent 407,759 yen per person.
MUFG Bank and Sagawa Express launch a new empty-handed travel service in the bank branch in Kyoto City
MUFG Bank and Sagawa Express have launched a new empty-handed travel service ‘KYOTO Travel Satellite’ in MUFG Bank Kyoto branch.
An app helping international drivers avoid rent-a-car accidents is released by NAVITIME JAPAN
NAVITIME JAPAN and Aioi Nissay Dowa Insurance developed a smartphone app to reduce rent-a-car accidents by international travelers to Japan.
JTB creates motorcycle tours in Japan for luxury international travelers
JTB and MOTO TOURS JAPAN will work together in creating new motorcycle tourism in japan for international travelers.
Mitsui hotels in Japan introduce an online medical consultation service for international visitors
39 Mitsui hotels introduced online medical consultation service ‘Mimipo for Travel,' 24/7 online medical consultations available from hotel rooms.
Activity booking platform KKday connects Japanese PMS providers, allowing accommodations to offer package plans
KKday has started system linkages with Japanese PMS providers of ‘TL-Lincoln and TEMAIRAZU, allowing accommodations offer package plans combined with local experiences or tickets on the KKday platform.
Japan-USA Tourism Campaign 2026 is launched celebrating the 250th anniversary of the founding of the United States
Japan-USA Tourism Campaign 2026 starts in April 2026 to expand two-way tourism between Japan and USA, taking chances of the 250th anniversary of the founding of the United States.
Executive Director of Japan National Tourism Organization Frankfurt talked about trends of German travelers to Japan
Sayaka Usui, Executive Director of Japan National Tourism Organization (JNTO) Frankfurt, explained about the German market for Japan at ITB Berlin.
What are key points of five-years ‘Tourism Nation Promotion Basic Plan’? A goal of 40 million international repeaters is included
The Japanese government accepted five-years ‘Tourism Nation Promotion Basic Plan’ from FY2026 to FY2030. What are key points of the plan?
Multimodal booking platform ‘Omio’ enters the Japanese market for international travelers to Japan
Berlin-based multimodal booking platform 'Omio' has entered the Japanese market to provide international travelers to Japan with booking opportunities of transportations.
UNESCO World Heritage Shirakawago in Japan will introduce a pre-reservation system for the bus parking in December 2026
Shirakawa Village in Gifu Prefecture will introduce a pre-reservation system targeting tour buses for the major gateway bus parking to World Heritage ‘Shirakawago.'
A furnished apartment for longterm-stays opens in Ebisu Garden Place, Tokyo, targeting foreign digital nomads
Anyplace Japan will open a furnished service apartment in luxury residence ‘Ebisu Garden Terrace Nibankan’ to meet foreign remote workers’ needs.
Expedia brand General Manager talks about their strategy in Japan and the future travel trends including the growing secondary cities
Travel Voice interviewed Tracey Weber, senior vice president and general manager of the Expedia brand, to know how Expedia sees the current Japanese market and the future travel trends.
Japan is introducing an Electronic Travel Authorisation, named JESTA, scheme by March 2029
Japan will introduce JESTA or Japan Electronic System for Travel Authorization by the end of March in 2029 to balance security and convenience in Japan's inbound tourism policy.
Japanese ‘DO (way)’ discipline is redefined as a modern wellness experience for international travelers by, KNT-CT, a major travel agent of Japan
KNT-CT Holdings has started selling Japanese ‘DO (way)’ discipline as modern wellness experiences for international travelers.
Accommodations in Japan increased International guests by 8% but decreased Japanese guests by 4% in 2025
The total of guests in accommodations in 2025 was down 0.8% to 653 million, and the average occupancy rate was up 2.2 points to 61.8%.
Trip.com sells Shinkansen tickets for a user to pass through a gate with an issued QR code
Trip.com will begin selling Shinkansen tickets in partnership with four JR companies, offering purchase opportunities to international visitors to Japan in their respective languages.
Cherry blossom is expected to begin blooming in Tokyo on March 22 and in Hokkaido on April 24
Cherry blossom is expected to bloom as usual in western Japan and in eastern Japan and as usual or very earlier than usual in northern Japan. Booming is forecasted to begin in Tokyo on March 22.
Korean Air will considerably extend flight networks to local cities in Japan in this summer
Korean Air will considerably extend flight networks to local cities in Japan in this summer schedule, on the Seoul Incheon-Komatsu, -Aomori, -Okayama and --Niigata route routes.
