Japan visitor arrivals down 36%, departures down 3% in Jun-2011

Japan's National Tourism Organisation reported visitor arrivals to Japan fell 36.0% year-on-year to 433,100 while Japanese departures fell 2.9% to 1.3 million in Jun-2011 (Travelvision/Searchina, 15-Jul-2011). Details include:

• Foreign arrivals: 433,100, -36.0% year-on-year;
  • South Korea: -29.4%;
  • Taiwan: 87,700, -23.0%;
  • China: -40.7%;
  • US: -29.4%;
  • Singapore: 8900, -49.6%;
  • Thailand: 7500, -24.8%;
  • Malaysia: 4700, -43.3%;
  • India: 4500, -22.6%;
  • Russia: 2000, -46.7%.

In the first six months of 2011, visitor arrivals to Japan fell 32.6% to 2.8 million.