Latest News The government declares the second state of emergency in Tokyo and three neighbor prefectures, sticking to Tokyo Olympics this summer Jan 12, 2021 Kyoto City saw a 43% increase in Japanese guest nights in hotels in November 2020, the largest YOY growth ever Jan 08, 2021 Japanese guest nights in Japan recovered to a 16% reduction in November 2020, though low occupancy rates continued in urban areas Jan 07, 2021 JNTO survey says more than 50% of people in Taiwan and Hong Kong are willing to visit Japan in 2021 Jan 06, 2021 More than half of Japanese are interested in vacation rental as an option of accommodations, despite low awareness as a whole Jan 06, 2021 Japan will suspend new entries from all of foreign countries and regions and 14-days quarantine exemption until the end of January 2021 Jan 04, 2021 Users of ‘Go To Travel,’ Japan’s domestic travel recovery initiative, reached 68.5 million as of the end of November, using a budget of 400 billion JPY Dec 31, 2020 Tokyo Disneyland introduces a dynamic pricing system in the next March and ‘early entry ticket’ for guests of Disney hotels Dec 30, 2020 Japan Tourism Agency budgets creation of new travel styles including Workcation and promotion of DX as new policies in FY2021 Dec 29, 2020 Travel consumption of 318.7 billion JPY may be lost due to nationwide tentative suspension of the Japan’s domestic travel recovery initiative Dec 28, 2020 Sales of 47 major travel companies in Japan recovered to a 66% reduction in October 2020, boosted by Go To Travel Dec 25, 2020 Japanese overseas travelers were down 98.1% to 30,000 in November 2020 Dec 24, 2020 International arrivals in Japan remained a 97.7% reduction in November 2020, despite doubling from October Dec 23, 2020 Dropping to net loss of 25 billion JPY for FY2020, HIS is forcing through shutdown of 105 retail stores in Japan Dec 23, 2020 Japan’s domestic travel recovery initiative ‘Go To Travel’ will be suspended nationwide until January 11 2021 Dec 21, 2020 Kyoto saw the first growth of Japanese guest nights in the past 13 months in October 2020 with the occupancy rate of 40% of higher Dec 18, 2020 Japan Tourism Agency boosts ‘decentralized travel’ as a New Normal traveling style Dec 18, 2020 JTB survey finds 85% have no plan to travel during the New Year holidays amid an increase in COVID-19 cases Dec 16, 2020 JAL provides all international flight passengers with a COVID-19 insurance service for positive cases in traveling Dec 15, 2020 70% of Vietnamese travel agents want to restart selling travel in Japan by the next cherry blossom season Dec 14, 2020 Japanese domestic guest nights recovered well to a 20% reduction in October 2020, clearly boosted by ‘Go To Travel’ initiative Dec 11, 2020 World's domestic travel recovery promotion case studies 2020 to survive the COVID-19 crisis, varying from country to country Dec 11, 2020 JAL proposes a new lifestyle amid COVID-19, selling tours to motivate living in two regions Dec 11, 2020 JAL-affiliated LCC ZIPAIR sells an optional PCR test package to Hawaii flight passengers for their confidences Dec 09, 2020 The Japanese government decides extension of ‘Go To Travel’ initiative to June 2021 and reception of small group inbound travelers Dec 08, 2020 Japan’s domestic travel recovery initiative ‘Go To Travel’ users reached 52.6 million by November 15 with discount amount of 300 billion JPY Dec 07, 2020 Okinawa targets 7 million incoming travelers in FY2021, focusing on revival of school trips in the recovery project Dec 04, 2020 Home sharing registrations in Japan have reduced due to unprofitability amid COVID-19 Dec 03, 2020 JTB seeks profit in the next fiscal year, accelerating the digital-base businesses for new values and lifestyles Dec 02, 2020 ANA is seeking up to 332.1 billion JPY by issuing new stocks for its business portfolio reform to survive the unprecedented crisis Dec 01, 2020 Japan’s domestic travel recovery program ‘Go To Travel’ excludes Osaka and Sapporo, where COVID-19 cases increase again Nov 30, 2020 Japanese overseas travelers were down 98.1% to 31,000 in October 2020 Nov 27, 2020 JTB launches ‘resort working’ subscription program in Okinawa, offering all-you-can-use services for a year Nov 26, 2020 International arrivals in Japan remained a 98.9% reduction in October 2020 Nov 25, 2020 JAL-affiliated LCC ZIPAIR is ready to fly to Honolulu on December 19, serving a PCR test package as an option Nov 24, 2020 JTB is cutting 6,500 jobs and cost of 140 billion JPY to survive the COVID-19 crisis, posting record-high half-year deficit Nov 24, 2020 Japanese LCC Peach Aviation offers one-stop service of flight booking and antigen test for confidence to travel Nov 20, 2020 48 major travel companies in Japan still struggled with a 78.9% reduction in sales in September 2020, despite the domestic travel was boosted by the campaign Nov 19, 2020 ANA will augment its Haneda-Honolulu service to two flights a week in this coming December Nov 18, 2020 Japanese domestic travel recovery initiative ‘Go To Travel’ was used by 39.8 million guest nights in total, supporting 4,700 JPY a traveler Nov 17, 2020 KNT-CT, one of the leading travel agents in Japan, gives up its package brands and closes two-thirds of retail stores Nov 16, 2020 Japanese guest nights in Japan recovered to a 37% reduction in September 2020, boosted by the domestic travel recovery campaign Nov 13, 2020 HIS, one of the leading Japanese travel agents, begins selling package tours for Hawaii and Guam with travel insurance Nov 12, 2020 Japan's domestic travel recovery campaign ‘Go To Travel’ boomed in a month after September 15 Nov 11, 2020 JAL is financing up to 168 billion JPY by issuing new stocks for introduction of efficient A350s and enhancement of the LCC business Nov 11, 2020 JAL forecasts up to 270 billion JPY in deficit for the full year of FT2020, losing 161.2 billion JPY for Q2 Nov 10, 2020 JTB and IBM Japan create a joint venture based on JTB System Solutions to work together for DX in Japan Nov 06, 2020 Kyoto City recovered Japanese guest nights to 80% a year ago in September 2020, boosted by ‘Go To Travel’ campaign Nov 06, 2020 30% of Japanese travelers rethink their overseas travels after July next year, further delayed from the previous survey Nov 05, 2020 Tourism EXPO Japan 2020 was organized in Okinawa as the first big New Normal MICE in Japan toward a new tourism era Nov 04, 2020