The Japan National Tourism Organization (JNTO)’s statistics in July 2016 finds that Japan received 731,400 visitors from China (+26.8%), 184,900 from Hong Kong (+16.3%), 447,000 from Korea (+30%) and 397,000 from Taiwan (+9.8%). Visitors from China and Hong Kong were record-high on a single month basis, and those from Korea and Taiwan were record-high for July.
The table below shows changes of visitors from Korea, China, Taiwan and Hong Kong in the last 12 months:
In the Chinese market, a large increase in cruise ships contributed to the large growth of visitors in July 2016, 200,000 more than the previous three months. The growth of visitors from Hong Kong mainly resulted from extension of air network to Narita, Kansai, Takamatsu, Kagoshima, Ishigaki or Sapporo.
Visitors from Korea to Kyushu recovered well from the downturn after the Kumamoto Earthquake, boosted by restart of Seoul-Fukuoka flights and new services between Korea and Kyushu. In Taiwan, an increase in family travels in the school holiday period and an increase in cruise travelers for Okinawa boosted the market, however the monthly growth was low because of several negative factors, such as stronger yen or the airline’s strike.
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