Booking.com announced that Tokyo was No.1 city booked by Chinese users on Booking.com in a calendar year of 2015, moving up from seventh in 2014. Also, Osaka moved up to fifth in 2015 from tenth in 2014. Only the two Japan’s cities out of the top five cities resulted in more bookings than a year earlier.
Top five cities booked by Chinese users on Booking.com (last year’s ranking in parentheses):
1. Tokyo (7th)
2. Taipei (1st)
3. Bangkok (2nd)
4. Chiang Mai (3rd)
5. Osaka (10th)
In Japan only, Kyoto, Sapporo and Nagoya followed Tokyo and Osaka in order. Nagoya moved up to 5th from 9th.
The followings are top 10 lodges in Japan highly appreciated by Chinese users:
1. Kiyomizu-Manjiro / Kyoto
2. Jyokura / Hakodate, Hokkaido
3. Lake Villa Kawaguchi-ko / Lake Kawaguchi, Yamanashi
4. Marriott Osaka Miyako / Osaka
5. Yufuin Onsen Hinoharu Ryokan / Yufu, Oita
6. Morizuya / Toyooka, Hyogo
7. Gora Saryo / Hakone, Kanagawa
8. JR Inn Asahikawa / Asahikawa, Hokkaido
9. InterContinental Osaka / Osaka
10. Yuzan Guesthouse Annex Nara / Nara
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