According to official statistics for 2018, the number of Japanese travelers increased by 27.6% to 2,948,500 for South Korea, by 4.7% to 1,287,800 for Hong Kong and by 3.7% to 1,969,200 for Taiwan on a year-on-year basis. The 30% growth of Japanese travelers for South Korea was seen for the first time in the past two years.
The illustrations below show the yearly changes in the number of Japanese travelers for the three destinations (China has not disclose data since March 2016):
