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NAVITIME Japan links with Hong Kong-based activity booking Klook on its route search or for tour passes

NS Solutions, a Japanese digital solution provider, starts selling a DX support solution for travel companies to make seamless management possible

Airbnb hosts in Japan earn 745 million JPY with 67,000 guests in total in local areas without hotels

Japanese outbound travelers are expected to double to 1.2 million in this summer holiday season compared to a year ago, reported by JTB

Tourism EXPO Japan 2023 with a theme of ‘Future’ will be held in Osaka for the first time in the past four years

Expedia finds that Japanese users searched more long-haul overseas destinations than before for this summer vacation

Banyan Tree opened casual ‘Folio’ brand hotel in Osaka and long-stay ‘Homm’ brand in Okinawa

Japan Tourism Agency drives a program to create world-competitive snow resorts, selecting 14 areas as target resorts

A Japanese accommodation booking management system partners experience booking platform Klook for inventory sharing

Japan National Tourism Organization draws up a 2023-2025 marketing strategy for inbound travel with three pillars

Travel expenditure on internet in Japan rose by 60% year on year to 4,402 JPY in April 2023

Total sales of 43 Japanese major travel companies in FY2022 were two-third of FY2019

Japanese outbound travelers in May 2023 still remained half of 2019, despite a 70% recovery of international flights from Japan

International arrivals in Japan totaled 1.9 million in May 2023 with more visitors from eight source markets than 2019

Airbnb Japan lists an unique local experience staying in a traditional architecture house in the World Heritage village of Toyama Prefecture

Palace Hotel Tokyo rose ADR to 86,000 JPY a night in May 2023, 28,000 JPY higher than 2019

ANA will restart Narita/Perth services in this coming winter for the first time in the past three years and a half

Japaneses ‘Tourism White Paper 2023’ refers to structural challenges in the travel industry, focusing on sustainable growth of local tourism communities

HIS, a Japan’s leading travel company, says, “We can see exit of the long tunnel,” with a large decrease in mid-term deficit

Travel-tech international conference 'WiT Japan 2023' Executive Committee talks about what topics are discussed

A share of International guests staying in Kyoto City rapidly recovered to more than 50% in April 2023

Hokkaido Governor emphasizes adventure travel must be established in Hokkaido, expecting Adventure Travel World Summit 2023 in September 2023

The in-destination market scale in APAC is likely to expand to 10 trillion JPY by 2025, reported by Arival

The in-destination international conference ‘Arival’ shows six key trends in Asian market, such as acceleration of online booking or photogenic experiences

Travel-tech international conference ‘Digital Travel APAC’ will kick off in Singapore on August 14 2023, joined by travel professionals in the region [PR]

JAL will augment international flights for resort destinations this summer to meet recovering demand

International guest nights remarkably recovered in April 2023, while Japanese guest nights reduced compared to 2019

The Japanese government approves a new inbound travel expansion plan focusing on MICE and medical tourism

ANA launches a NFT marketplace to offer its original and unique NFT products as ANA Collection

JTB successfully made a profit for FY2022 for the first time in the past three years, mostly driven by domestic travel

Narita Airport expects to achieve the first profit in this fiscal year for the last four years, despite 50 billion in deficit for FY2022

43 major travel companies in Japan finally earned more sales in March 2023 than pre-pandemic

Tokyu Kabukicho Tower, a new tourism landmark in Tokyo, welcomes 1 million visitors just for 1.5 months after opening

Only 14% of Japanese people say that they are traveling overseas for fun within the next year

Only 20% of DMOs in Japan implement tourism-oriented CRM as a digital transformation effort

The Japan’s oldest pilgrimage route partners with Routes of Santiago de Compostela in Spain to cooperate each other in local revitalization

Luxury gastronomy tours using business jet ‘HondaJet’ will be created for rich inbound travelers to Japan

Available seats on international flights to Japan this summer are expected to recover to 70% of those in 2019

Japanese overseas travel market still stagnated with 560,000 travelers in April 2023

International arrivals in Japan recovered to 1.95 million with more than one-fourth from South Korea in April 2023

Which prefectures in Japan collected good word of mouth for accommodation? Gunma and Kumamoto were among top 10 for four years in a row

A Japanese local experience booking platform develops a joint promotion for bus tour ‘Land Cruise’ in Europe

ANA and JAL saw remarkable recoveries of international flight passengers, particularly on the Hawaii routes, during this year’s Golden Week holiday period

Japan Association of Travel Agents commences half-price support for passport application to boost overseas travel demand

Japan Tourism Agency is promoting outbound travel from Japan, together with the travel industry, designating 24 destinations as significant markets

Guest nights in March 2023 in Japan continued recovering to just a 3% reduction compared to 2019

Japanese AI-based travel booking startup became bankrupt due to rapid booking reduction during the pandemic

International travel-tech conference ‘WiT Japan’ will be held face-to-face on July 5 and 6 2023

A leading Japanese home electrical appliance retailer launches a travel company specializing in outdoor activities

Canada Westjet began serving Narita-Calgary flights as its first transpacific route, expecting to attract more Japanese leisure travelers