Based on official statistical data for 2018, the number of Japanese travelers increased by 0.2% for Hawaii to 1,571,200 and by 1.2% for Okinawa to 6,938,600. The monthly result for Guam, however, was continuously down 9.5% to 561,600 on a year-on-year basis.
Japanese travelers to Okinawa were record-high for tow years in a row, and the growth rate was bigger than that for Hawaii. Guam improved the reduction rate from 2017.
The graph below shows the yearly changes in the number of Japanese travelers for the three destinations:
