Latest News International guest nights broke the previous record for May with higher growth rate in local areas than urban areas Aug 11, 2017 Okinawa became the top prefecture in four attractiveness categories - Recruit Lifestyle survey Aug 09, 2017 Tokyo Disneyland and USJ remained top two leisure facilities in Japan in FY2016 Aug 09, 2017 Peach Aviation operates the most delayed flights in 4Q of FY2016 Aug 08, 2017 H.I.S. launches a new service to support its contracted lodgings in Japan for direct booking Aug 04, 2017 Airbnb Japan ties up with Mizuho Bank, a Japan’s leading bank, for exploration of vacation rentals in Japan Aug 04, 2017 Domestic travel execution rate was record-low, and travel expenses were down 9.0% in FY2016 Aug 04, 2017 Users of foreign-based OTAs are rapidly growing in Japan, like doubling of trivago users Aug 03, 2017 JTB REPORT 2017 shows FIT outnumbers package tours in the overseas travel market of Japan Aug 02, 2017 Year-on-year comparison of visitors to Japan from Korea, China, Taiwan and Hong Kong in June 2017 Jul 31, 2017 Booking.com expects to send around 45% more customers to Kyoto by the end of 2017 Jul 28, 2017 Spending in Japan by international visitors already reached 2 trillion JPY in the first half of 2017 Jul 28, 2017 Japanese overseas travelers were up 3.8% to 1.32 million in June 2017 Jul 26, 2017 International visitors to Japan already exceeded 13 million for the first half of 2017 Jul 25, 2017 Comparison of top 5 Japanese travel agents’ results in FY2016 Jul 24, 2017 Japanet Takata, a Japanese TV mail-order company, enters the cruise travel market Jul 20, 2017 The most popular overseas destination among Japanese travelers is Hawaii in this summer - H.I.S. booking status Jul 20, 2017 AI helps lodging and restaurant businesses increase annual revenue by 74% - Accenture report Jul 19, 2017 KAYAK, a Priceline Group, develops its full-scale meta-search business in the Japan market Jul 19, 2017 The ratio of Japanese travelers with desires to stay in eco-friendly lodgings is 39%, the lowest among the target countries Jul 17, 2017 HIS launches a C2C platform connecting between international travelers and local tourist guides in Japan Jul 14, 2017 Rakuten LIFULL STAY and HomeAway tie up for the vacation rental business in Japan for international visitors Jul 14, 2017 TripAdvisor awards Certificate of Excellence to more than 6,500 lodgings, tourist spots and restaurants in Japan Jul 14, 2017 JTB forecasts Japanese overseas travelers in this summer vacation period may increase by 3.4% year on year Jul 12, 2017 International guest nights continued double-digit growth in May 2017 Jul 11, 2017 The most desirable destination in Japan to go in this summer for Taiwanese female travelers is Hokkaido Jul 11, 2017 Tourism spending in Kyoto City exceeded 1 trillion JPY with record-high international overnight travelers in 2016 Jul 07, 2017 Japanese desires to travel overseas heighten, and the most desirable destination is Hawaii - Recruit survey Jul 07, 2017 The most popular domestic destination for Japanese in the summer 2017 on jalan.net is continuously Hokkaido Jul 07, 2017 JAL is the most satisfied airline in 2017, surging from 4th last year - Recruit Airline Satisfaction Survey Jul 05, 2017 NTT DOCOMO launches prepaid SIM service for international visitors to Japan, enabling free access with advertisement viewing Jul 04, 2017 The highest customer satisfaction goes to Teikoku Hotel for city hotel and Richmond for budget hotel Jun 30, 2017 Top reason for traveling alone is ‘I can be myself with no consideration to others Jun 29, 2017 Four major Japanese OTAs talk about their next moves at WIT Japan 2017 Jun 28, 2017 Rakuten, the Japan’s leading online platform, enters a vacation rental market by forming a joint venture with the real estate agency Jun 27, 2017 Japanese overseas travelers were up 6.6% to 1.32 million in May 2017 Jun 26, 2017 International visitors to Japan were up 21.2% to 2.3 million in May 2017 Jun 26, 2017 Germany-based Trust You becomes a 100% subsidiary of Japan’s Recruit Jun 23, 2017 International visitors’ guest nights in Japan showed the first double-digit growth in April 2017 in the last year Jun 22, 2017 International visitors to Kyushu broke the previous record in March 2017, boosted by an increase in cruises Jun 22, 2017 International guests staying in lodgings in Kyoto City exceeded 50% for the first time in April 2017 Jun 21, 2017 Majority of Japanese travelers choose restaurants in Japan on a hit or miss basis - JTB survey Jun 20, 2017 Seventy percent of Japanese overseas FIT books their travels online, outnumbering real agencies Jun 19, 2017 A miniature indoor park with state-of-the-art technologies will open in Tokyo in 2020 Jun 16, 2017 The most popular tourist spots in Japan, based on word of mouth on TripAdviser, is Fushimi Inari in Kyoto Jun 16, 2017 Visas issued for international visitors to Japan reached record-high 5.4 million in 2016 Jun 15, 2017 Japanese cruise travelers reached record-high 248,000 with an increase in short-term cruises in 2016 Jun 14, 2017 Online travel industry’s leaders talk about ‘reimagine’ toward the future growth at WIT Japan 2017 Jun 13, 2017 New vacation rental law is finally passed with a regulation of 180 or fewer business days a year Jun 13, 2017 Japanese overnight travel spending in Japan slightly reduced in Q1 of 2017 Jun 08, 2017
