Japanese guest nights in August 2022 were up 50% year on year despite the COVID-19 7th wave

Japan Tourism Agency reported that the total number of Japanese guest nights in August 2022 (provisionally) was up 49.8% year on year to 46 million, which were 14.5% fewer guests nights than the same month in 2019. International guest nights were up 25.2% over 2021 or down 91.9% over 2019 to 770,000. The total was up 49.3% over 2021 or down 26.2% over 2019 to 46.7 million guest nights. 

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The occupancy rate was 50.1% overall, higher than 47.8% in July 2022, but still19.3 lower points than 2019. By type of accommodation, the rates were 40.6% for ryokans, 54.9% for resort hotels, 58% for budget hotels and 49.6% for city hotel. The reduction rates in comparison with 2019 were 9.8 points for ryokan and 33.2 points for city hotels.

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In July 2022 (definitely), top three prefectures were Tokyo with 4.9 million guest nights (down 28.1% over 2019), Hokkaido with 3.1 million guest nights (down 13.4% over 2019) and Osaka with 2.5 million guest nights (down 41.2% over 2019). Kochi, Tokushima and Yamaguchi increased guest nights even compared to July 2019. 

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