Monthly number of visitors to Japan hits record high in January

The month-to-month variety of overseas guests to Japan hit a report excessive in January, partly reflecting journey demand from China and different components of Asia in the course of the Lunar New 12 months vacation interval, a Japan Nationwide Tourism Group report confirmed Wednesday.

The variety of inbound guests is estimated to have risen 40.6% from a 12 months earlier than to three,781,200, exceeding 3 million for the fourth consecutive month and surpassing the earlier report excessive of three,489,800 marked in December 2024.

By nation or area, the variety of guests from mainland China jumped 2.4 instances to 980,300, in a belated restoration from the results of the COVID-19 pandemic. The determine for China was the third highest after 1,050,420 in July 2019 and 1,000,639 in August 2019, each earlier than the pandemic.

Demand for journey to Japan amongst Chinese language folks has “robust momentum,” Naoya Haraikawa, commissioner of the Japan Tourism Company, stated at a information convention.

The variety of Chinese language guests was additionally boosted by a rise within the variety of flights to Japan, together with these to regional areas of the nation.

Guests from South Korea got here in second, totaling 967,100, up 12.8%, adopted by 593,400 guests from Taiwan, up 20.5%.

Guests from Australia and america additionally elevated, particularly these hoping to get pleasure from winter sports activities in Japan. The month-to-month variety of guests from Australia rose 35.3% to a report excessive of 140,200. Guests from america totaled 182,500, up 38.4%.