Latest News Kyoto Prefecture and Softbank work together for tourism promotion using AI and robot Dec 17, 2016 NAVITIME Travel launches a booking service for international travelers to Japan Dec 17, 2016 Expedia sells capsular hotel and leisure hotels of Japan in 75 countries to meet low budget needs Dec 17, 2016 JAL to launch a new AI service for family with baby traveling in Hawaii Dec 17, 2016 Taiwan is the most popular overseas destination in the 2016-2017 New Year holidays - JATA survey Dec 16, 2016 JTB forecasts Japanese travelers are expected to reduce by 2.1% to around 30 million in this coming New Year holidays Dec 15, 2016 Year-on-year comparison of Japanese travelers to Hawaii, Guam and Okinawa in September 2016 Dec 12, 2016 Japanese wealthy families are estimated at 1.22 million, and super wealthy at 73,000 Dec 09, 2016 The most popular hot spring in Japan is Atami for three years in a row - Rakuten annual popular destination ranking Dec 09, 2016 HIS survey shows Cuba is much more preferred as a New Year holiday destination than before Dec 09, 2016 Travel story postings on For Travel, the Japan’s travel word-of-mouth site, reaches 1 million Dec 09, 2016 Tripadvisor is trying to encourage Japanese users to use its word of mouth for their travels in Japan Dec 08, 2016 Guest nights by Japanese travelers in Japan reduce by 7.3% year on year in September 2016 Dec 07, 2016 Comparison of top five Japanese travel agents for travel transactions in September 2016 Dec 07, 2016 ANA, HIS and PD Aerospace form capital alliance for the future space travel Dec 06, 2016 SECOM, the leading security service provider of Japan, enters the vacation rental business to support property owners Dec 02, 2016 Airbnb international guests for Japan already reached 3 million, 2.3 times more than a year earlier Dec 02, 2016 The ratio of online travel bookings in Japan reached 40% in FY2015 - Phocuswright Japan survey Dec 01, 2016 Korea is the top market for Japan on Expedia in 3Q of 2016 Dec 01, 2016 KNT-CT launches AI-based multi-languages chat service for international travelers to Japan Nov 29, 2016 Duty-free stores increased to 38,950 nationwide as of October 1 2016 Nov 28, 2016 Year-on-year comparison of visitors to Japan from four Southeast Asian markets in September 2016 Nov 25, 2016 Japanese overseas travelers were up 3.2% to 1.46 million in October 2016 Nov 25, 2016 International visitors to Japan were up 16.8% to 2.1 million in October 2016 Nov 25, 2016 The ratio of ‘frequently using’ SNS on smart phone tends to reduce - JTB tourism Research survey Nov 19, 2016 Comparison of top five Japanese travel agents for travel transactions in August 2016 Nov 18, 2016 Year-on-year comparison of visitors to Japan from Australia, U.S. and U.K. in September 2016 Nov 18, 2016 Year-on-year comparison of visitors to Japan from Korea, China, Taiwan and Hong Kong in September 2016 Nov 17, 2016 JTB Foundation forecasts international visitors to Japan are expected to reach 24 million in 2016 Nov 16, 2016 Only five government-controlled airports of Japan made profits for aviation-related businesses in FY2015 Nov 15, 2016 Overseas hotel booking site SKYhotels provides travel companies with 100,000 hotels or more choices Nov 15, 2016 No.1 posting spot on SNS by international visitors is Tokyo Disneyland, followed by USJ Nov 15, 2016 HIS is launching its new travel business model as OTA to compete with the world Nov 12, 2016 ANA Sales will begin dealing with vacation rental in tie-ups with STAY JAPAN Nov 11, 2016 International visitors to Japan already exceeded 20 million as of October 2016 Nov 11, 2016 The occupancy rate of resort hotels in Osaka reached 95% in August 2016 Nov 09, 2016 Tourism Forecast Platform for Japan is in operation to provide lodging forecasts half a year ahead Nov 09, 2016 Event vacation rental insurance for a local government is commercialized in Japan to cover damages on lenders Nov 07, 2016 The ratio of online booking for overseas travels by Chinese reaches 75% Nov 04, 2016 International travelers start searching hotels in Japan 83 days before departures, much earlier than the world’s average Nov 04, 2016 EC apps a Japanese uses one time or more a month are 2.8 on average - Nelsen survey Nov 04, 2016 Minimum nights for vacation rental in National Strategic Special Zones reduce to two nights and three days in Japan Nov 04, 2016 Narita operates record-high domestic and international flights by 93 airlines in the 2016-2017 winter schedule Nov 02, 2016 Ikyu.com, a Yahoo!Japan subsidiary, launches a booking site for 100 luxury vacation rentals Nov 02, 2016 Spending in Japan by international travelers was down 2.9% in the 3Q of 2016 Oct 28, 2016 Chinese shopping behaviors for foreign products are different between interior and coast regions Oct 27, 2016 KDDI, a Japanese communication solution provider, offers ‘Remote Travel’ service by using VR Oct 26, 2016 Japanese overseas travelers were up 1.3% to 1.5 million in September 2016 Oct 25, 2016 International visitors to Japan were up 19% to 1.9 million in September 2016 Oct 25, 2016 Google Map displays highway bus routes in Japan Oct 22, 2016
