Japan National Tourism Organization (JNTO) announced that the total number of Japanese overseas travelers in 2014 was down 3.3% year-on-year to 16,903,000, marking year-on-year reductions in all months except May (+1.2%). The overseas travel market of Japan suffered downturns for two years in a row.
The followings are Japanese outbound travelers by month in 2014 (over 2013)
January 1,253,000 (-7.9%)
February 1,405,500 (-1.8%)
March 1,597,000 (-3.4%)
April 1,189,000 (-4.4%)
May 1,281,000 (+1.2%)
June 1,289,000 (-0.8%)
July 1,415,000 (-2.7%)
August 1,783,000 (-3.0%)
September 1,521,000 (-2.1%)
October 1,418,000 (-5.2%)
November 1,355,000 (-3.2%)
December 1,397,000 (-5.4%)
