Tag: "DomesticTravel"
International guest nights increased by 50% in three urban areas and 20% in local regions in August 2024
The total number of guest nights in August 2024 was up 1% year on year to 64.9 million. Guest nights of international travelers were up 24.9% to 13.2 million (up 39.5% over August 2019), accounting for 20.4% of the total.
Yamanashi Governor talks about the prefecture’s tourism visions, saying, “Make Mt.Fuji a world-standard tourism destination.”
Travel Voice interviewed Kotaro Nagasaki, Yamanashi Governor, to let him talk about the prefecture’s tourism visions and tourism policies including the Mt.Fuji climbing rule. Governor Nagasaki said, "Make Mt.Fuji a world-standard tourism destination.”
Japanese GenZ value ‘onsen or sauna’ or ‘cost performance’ in their travels and prefer solo travel and short-term domestic travel
According to Booking.com survey, the ratio of Japanese GenZ who answered ‘they value onsen or sauna’ is 49%, which is higher than 32% globally. Solo travel seems to be preferred, as the survey results show that 45% of those.
Tokyo Shibuya and Shinjuku work together to prohibit visitors from drinking alcohol on the streets during this coming Halloween
Shibuya Ward and Shinjuku Ward, jointly called, “Keep rules” to visitors during this coming Halloween period, enforcing the ordinances banning drinking on the streets. Ken Hasebe, Mayer of Shibuya Ward, said that strong measures are needed to prevent over-toruism.
Mt.Fuji toll, the first trial this summer, totaled 300 million yen with 150,000 climbers
The total amount of toll for Mt. Fuji climbing at Fuji Yoshida Gate, the first trial this summer, reached about 300 million yen with 148,913 climbers in the period from July 1 to September 20 2024.
Tourism EXPO Japan 2024, the Japan’s largest travel trade exhibition, showcases new travel values
Four-days Tourism EXPO Japan (TEJ) 2024 opened on September 26, 2024 at Tokyo Big Sight, organizing symposiums, seminars, exhibitions and business meetings for outbound travel, inbound travel and domestic travel.
Kyoto City promotes ‘hands free tourism’ to avoid over-tourism, operating dedicated bus to travelers carrying large suitcases
Kyoto City will operate dedicated bus, called ‘Hands Free Bus,’ to travelers carrying large suitcases from Kyoto Station to major hotels in this autumn as one of the efforts to avoid over-tourism.
‘Climbing restrictions for Mt.Fuji’ by Yamanashi Prefecture resulted in a 20% decrease in climbers this summer with no days exceeding the daily limit
Yamanashi Prefecture announced the results from the Mt.Fuji climbing restrictions on Fuji Yoshida Route this summer. The number of climbers for the period was down 18% year on year to 125,287, and there were no days exceeding the daily limit of 4,000 climbers.
Guest nights in Japan in July 2024 were up 8.6% year on year, boosted by a 35% increase in foreigners
The total number of guest nights in July 2024 (provisionally) was up 8.6% year on year to 59.2 million, which were also up 14.2% compared to the same month of 2019. Guest nights of foreigner travelers were up 35.2% to 14.9 million
Autumn leaves in Japan are forecasted to start from Daisetsuzan Asahidake, Hokkaido in the middle of September
WeatherNews has forecasted that autumn leaves this year are expected to be at their average peak in many places. The peak will come in Daisetsuzan Asahidake, Hokkaido around September 14,
Travel spending in Japan by Japanese travelers was up 7.6% in the Q2 of 2024 compared to 2019
The total amount of Japanese travel spending was up 14.9% year on year to 6.5 trillion yen in the 2nd quarter of 2024. The total consisted of 5.1 trillion yen for overnight trips (up 12.3% over 2019) and 1.3 million yen for day trips (down 7.2% over 2019).
Fourteen Japanese companies including Nissan Motor launch sustainable tourism tours in tie-ups with local communities, having a goal of 10 million users by 2033
Nissan Motor, Nippon Travel Agency (NTA), as founders, and other 12 Japanese companies launched ‘Green Journey Promotion Board.' The first ‘Green Journey’ tours are organized in Aso City, Kumamoto Prefecture and Shima City, Mie Prefecture.
Sado Island in Niigata makes efforts to attract more Workation by offering train and accommodation discounts for corporations
Sado City in Niigata Prefecture has been trying to attract more Workation visitors by using ‘JRE Workation Pass, which discounts Shinkansen to Niigata City and accommodation in Sado City for companies traveling from outside of Niigata.
EY Japan issues an insight report on over-tourism in Japan, introducing three major countermeasures
EY Strategy and Consulting (EY Japan) has issued an insight report on over-tourism in Japan to introduce countermeasures taken in foreign countries and to reveal results of the survey on over-tourism.
ANA and JTB launch a luxury travel business, offering a private jet tour from Okinawa to Hokkaido as its first product
ANA and JTB jointly develop a two-days tour traveling from Miyako, a remote island in Okinawa, to Memanbetsu in Hokkaido with a private jet ‘Falcon 2000 LXS’, targeting luxury travelers.
Leisure White Paper 2024 shows that the the highest performance rate among leisure activities in Japan was ‘domestic travel’
According to ‘Leisure White Paper 2024 (preliminary),’ the performance rate of ‘domestic travel’ rose from 42.8% last year to 48.7%, which was still lower than 54.3% in 2019 before the pandemic. The performance rate of ‘overseas travel’ was just 5.3%.
The most-satisfied Japan’s prefecture in tourism is Kagoshima with high scores in local foods and onsen
‘Prefecture ranking in tourism attractions,’ revealed as one of the domestic travel survey by Jalan Research Center, that the most-satisfied prefecture in 2023 was Kagoshima, followed by Ehime and Ishikawa.
HIS reveals that overseas travel bookings by Japanese in this summer is still 52% of the 2019 level
HIS overseas travel bookings in this summer vacation period was 97.5% of the last year, but just 52.3% of the 2019 level. The most-booked destination was Seoul, followed by Taipei, Honolulu. Bangkok and Singapore.
JTB forecasts outbound travelers from Japan may recover to 65% of pre-pandemic in this summer holiday season
JTB has forecasted the number of Japanese travelers will decrease by 4.1% year on year to 69.8 million in total. Outbound travelers are expected to increase by 1.2% year on year to 1.75 million, around 65% of the pre-pandemic level.
The climbing regulations to Mt. Fuji will start on July 1 2024 as a solution to avoid ‘over-tourism’
Yamanashi Prefecture and Shizuoka Prefecture, the gateway of Mt.Fuji, will launch management systems to control climbers on July 1 2024, expecting the regulations will be a model case to solve over-tourism.
