The Japan Tourism Organisation (JTO) studies that the estimated variety of international arrivals in February 2025 was up by 16.9 p.c from the whole recorded in February 2024.
In line with the report launched on Wednesday, nineteenth March, the February 2025 whole hit 3,258,100 arrivals, exceeding three million for the primary time on file for the month.
Findings present that development was pushed by a 57.3 p.c surge in Chinese language guests in the course of the Lunar New 12 months vacation, in addition to a rise of flights between China and Japan.
Huge inflow
Chinese language numbers, nevertheless, had been surpassed by that of South Korea, as travellers from that nation to Japan totalled 847,300, up by 3.5 p.c yr on yr.
The JTO additionally reported 191,500 guests from the US, up 28.8 p.c, and 88,800 from Australia, up 33.5 p.c.
When it comes to outbound journey, the variety of Japanese nationals who went abroad in February elevated by 20.7 p.c from February 2024’s whole.
Outbound numbers stay in need of pre-pandemic ranges, and the developments seems to be pushed by each worth will increase and a weaker-performing yen.