20-Mar-2019 9:21 AM
Visitor arrivals to Japan up 4% in Feb-2019, departures up 10%
Japan National Tourism Organisation (JNTO) reported (19-Mar-2019) visitor arrivals to Japan for Feb-2019. Details include:
- Total foreign visitors: 2.6 million, +3.8% year-on-year;
- South Korea: 715,800, +1.1%;
- China: 723,600, +1.0%;
- Taiwan: 399,800, -0.3%;
- Hong Kong: 179,300, +0.5%;
- US: 92,700, +13.2%;
- Thailand: 107,800, +31.4%;
- Australia: 47,700, +5.6%;
- Philippines: 35,200, +28.0%;
- Vietnam: 39,400, +68.6%;
- Indonesia: 24,600, +16.6%;
- Malaysia: 36,700, +3.9%;
- Singapore: 26,100, +11.1%;
- UK: 23,600, -1.2%;
- France: 17,400, +7.1%;
- India: 9100, +15.6%
- Germany: 13,400, +1.5%;
- Japanese departures: 1.5 million, +10.4%. [more - original PR - Japanese]