Japan National Tourism Organization (JNTO) reported that Japanese overseas travelers were up 10.6% year on year to 1,481,000 in November 2016. The monthly growth rate was the highest so far in 2016, higher than 10% in August 2016. The total for the first ten months of 2016 was up 5.4% to 15,662,300, just 550,000 fewer travelers than the final result of 2015 (16,213,800).