Latest News JAL creates an experience-typed Workcation program in Hokkaido for corporations, including farm working or planting trees Aug 03, 2023 Online travel expenditure in Japan was 4,804 JPY in May 2023, rising for the first time in the past three years and nine months Aug 03, 2023 Trip.com signs a strategic partnership with Mizuho, a mega bank of Japan, for joint marketing activities Aug 02, 2023 Japan National Tourism Organization recognizes challenges in the inbound travel market are revivals of direct flights and visitors in local areas Aug 01, 2023 International travel-tech conference ‘TIS2023’ will be held in Spain in October 2023 with special discount offered for Travel Voice Japan subscribers Jul 31, 2023 ‘Leisure White Paper 2023’ of Japan shows the ratio of ‘priority more on leisure than on work’ rose every year to 64% Jul 29, 2023 JAL will launch Haneda-Doha flights in the summer of 2024 as Japanese airline’s first direct service to Middle East Jul 27, 2023 Japanese outbound travelers in June 2023 still remained a 54% reduction compared to 2019 Jul 26, 2023 More than 2 million international travelers visited Japan in June 2023, totaling 10 million in the first half Jul 25, 2023 How does OTA Hopper enter the Japanese market? General Manager APAC talks about its BtoB strategy in APAC Jul 24, 2023 Word-of-mouth analysis TrustYou launches an AI-based automatic response function for accommodation Jul 21, 2023 Awareness to sustainable travel among Japanese travelers is getting higher, but only 22% do not care about additional cost Jul 20, 2023 A new service to deliver baggage from a hotel in Japan to an airport in a foreign country is launched for inbound travelers Jul 19, 2023 Japanese Agriculture Ministry launches ‘Farm Stay Promotion Plan’ with a goal of 7 million guest nights in 2025 Jul 18, 2023 The most-satisfied prefecture for tourism among Japanese travelers is Oita, and No.1 is Okinawa in hospitality and Ishikawa in local foods Jul 18, 2023 Inbound guest nights in Japan recovered to a 8% decrease over 2019, while growth of Japanese guest nights was slower Jul 14, 2023 NAVITIME Japan links with Hong Kong-based activity booking Klook on its route search or for tour passes Jul 13, 2023 NS Solutions, a Japanese digital solution provider, starts selling a DX support solution for travel companies to make seamless management possible Jul 12, 2023 Airbnb hosts in Japan earn 745 million JPY with 67,000 guests in total in local areas without hotels Jul 12, 2023 Japanese outbound travelers are expected to double to 1.2 million in this summer holiday season compared to a year ago, reported by JTB Jul 11, 2023 Tourism EXPO Japan 2023 with a theme of ‘Future’ will be held in Osaka for the first time in the past four years Jul 10, 2023 Expedia finds that Japanese users searched more long-haul overseas destinations than before for this summer vacation Jul 07, 2023 Banyan Tree opened casual ‘Folio’ brand hotel in Osaka and long-stay ‘Homm’ brand in Okinawa Jul 06, 2023 Japan Tourism Agency drives a program to create world-competitive snow resorts, selecting 14 areas as target resorts Jul 05, 2023 A Japanese accommodation booking management system partners experience booking platform Klook for inventory sharing Jul 04, 2023 Japan National Tourism Organization draws up a 2023-2025 marketing strategy for inbound travel with three pillars Jul 03, 2023 Travel expenditure on internet in Japan rose by 60% year on year to 4,402 JPY in April 2023 Jun 30, 2023 Total sales of 43 Japanese major travel companies in FY2022 were two-third of FY2019 Jun 29, 2023 Japanese outbound travelers in May 2023 still remained half of 2019, despite a 70% recovery of international flights from Japan Jun 28, 2023 International arrivals in Japan totaled 1.9 million in May 2023 with more visitors from eight source markets than 2019 Jun 27, 2023 Airbnb Japan lists an unique local experience staying in a traditional architecture house in the World Heritage village of Toyama Prefecture Jun 26, 2023 Palace Hotel Tokyo rose ADR to 86,000 JPY a night in May 2023, 28,000 JPY higher than 2019 Jun 23, 2023 ANA will restart Narita/Perth services in this coming winter for the first time in the past three years and a half Jun 22, 2023 Japaneses ‘Tourism White Paper 2023’ refers to structural challenges in the travel industry, focusing on sustainable growth of local tourism communities Jun 21, 2023 HIS, a Japan’s leading travel company, says, “We can see exit of the long tunnel,” with a large decrease in mid-term deficit Jun 20, 2023 Travel-tech international conference 'WiT Japan 2023' Executive Committee talks about what topics are discussed Jun 20, 2023 A share of International guests staying in Kyoto City rapidly recovered to more than 50% in April 2023 Jun 16, 2023 Hokkaido Governor emphasizes adventure travel must be established in Hokkaido, expecting Adventure Travel World Summit 2023 in September 2023 Jun 15, 2023 The in-destination market scale in APAC is likely to expand to 10 trillion JPY by 2025, reported by Arival Jun 14, 2023 The in-destination international conference ‘Arival’ shows six key trends in Asian market, such as acceleration of online booking or photogenic experiences Jun 13, 2023 Travel-tech international conference ‘Digital Travel APAC’ will kick off in Singapore on August 14 2023, joined by travel professionals in the region [PR] Jun 12, 2023 JAL will augment international flights for resort destinations this summer to meet recovering demand Jun 09, 2023 International guest nights remarkably recovered in April 2023, while Japanese guest nights reduced compared to 2019 Jun 08, 2023 The Japanese government approves a new inbound travel expansion plan focusing on MICE and medical tourism Jun 08, 2023 ANA launches a NFT marketplace to offer its original and unique NFT products as ANA Collection Jun 05, 2023 JTB successfully made a profit for FY2022 for the first time in the past three years, mostly driven by domestic travel Jun 05, 2023 Narita Airport expects to achieve the first profit in this fiscal year for the last four years, despite 50 billion in deficit for FY2022 Jun 02, 2023 43 major travel companies in Japan finally earned more sales in March 2023 than pre-pandemic Jun 01, 2023 Tokyu Kabukicho Tower, a new tourism landmark in Tokyo, welcomes 1 million visitors just for 1.5 months after opening May 31, 2023 Only 14% of Japanese people say that they are traveling overseas for fun within the next year May 30, 2023