Japan logs its best-ever July for inbound visitors, even as arrivals from China fall by more than half
Japan's July inbound arrivals set an all-time high for the month, but the national total barely moved because sharp growth across South Korea, Taiwan, Hong Kong and more than a dozen other markets was needed just to offset a Chinese-government travel advisory that halved arrivals from what was, a year ago, Japan's largest single source market.
Japan logged its best July on record for inbound visitor arrivals, according to preliminary figures the Japan National Tourism Organization (JNTO) released on 19 August — but the total barely moved, up just 0.1% year on year to 3,442,100, because sharp growth across more than a dozen markets was needed just to absorb a sudden drop in visitors from China.