Japan's June Foreign Visitors Fall 6.8% to 3.15 Million as H1 Arrivals Slip 2%
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Updated · NHK WORLD · Jul 16
Japan's June Foreign Visitors Fall 6.8% to 3.15 Million as H1 Arrivals Slip 2%
3 articles · Updated · NHK WORLD · Jul 16
Summary
3.15 million foreign visitors came to Japan in June, down 6.8% from a year earlier in the biggest monthly drop since January 2022 and the third straight monthly decline.
China drove much of the fall: June arrivals from China dropped by more than 50%, while first-half visitors from China plunged 56.4% amid worsening bilateral relations.
21.08 million people visited Japan in January-June, down 2% from a year earlier and marking the first first-half decline since 2021, during the pandemic.
Airline flight cuts linked to higher crude prices and Middle East tensions also weighed on traffic; gains of more than 20% from Hong Kong and India failed to offset declines from China, Germany, Thailand and the Philippines.