i. JTB, the web strategic company of the JTB Group, announced that the JTB website received twice more overseas tours’ bookings for this coming Golden Week period (April 24 to May 4 2016) than a year earlier as of the end of January because of better holiday sequence this year, ten holidays in a row at maximum, than the last year.
The most popular destination is Hawaii for four years in a row, and popularity of long-haul destinations, such as Europe, North America or Australia, has surged.
The top 10 popular destinations are as follows:
1. Hawaii
2. Guam
3. Italy
4. Spain
5. Holland/Belgium
6. U.S. mainland
7. Austria
8. Taiwan
9. Australia
10. Singapore
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