The Japan National Tourism Organization (JNTO) announc that the number of foreign visitors (inbound) to Japan in 2018 was about 31.19 million, an increase of 8.7% from the previous year.
>Last year, due to the effects of large typhoons, the closure of Kansai International Airport, and the Hokkaido Eastern Iburi Earthquake, the number of inbound visitors in September was down compar to the previous year, but overall the number was up. By
country, the largest number of inbound visitors was from China with 8.38 million, follow by South Korea with 7.45 million, and the highest growth rate in foreign visitors to Japan was from Vietnam, with a 26.0% increase from the previous year.
In Europe, the highest growth rate was from Russia
with 90,000 visitors, a 23% increase chile whatsapp data from the previous year. Turning their eyes to the world, Hong Kong was the city most visit by foreign tourists. Osaka was also featur as a city attracting global attention.
>This time, we will be looking at the “Top Ten Foreign Visitors Rankings for 2018” from the UK’s “Euromonitor International Report” and the “Future Trends of Kansai Inbound Tourism” from the Bank of Japan’s Osaka Branch’s “Expanding Economic Impact of Inbound Consumption in Kansai and Outlook for the Future.”
Asia dominates the top ten for foreign visitors worldwide
Looking at the top ten cities with the importance of health auditing most foreign visitors in 2017, according to the “Top 100 Cities in the World for Number of Foreign Visitors (2018 ition)” publish by Euromonitor International, an international market research company, we see that Asian cities occupy the top five, with Hong Kong in first place, Bangkok in second place, and Kuala Lumpur in third place.
>Japan did not make it into the top ten, but Tokyo came in 14th and Osaka in 30th place, with Kyoto and Chiba also making it into the top 100. Of these, Osaka is noteworthy, having risen 117 places since 2012.
- Hong Kong
- Bangkok
- kuala lumpur
- Singapore
- Macau
- Paris
- Dubai
- new york
- kuala lumpur
- Shenzhen
Osaka select as one of four noteworthy cities
The cities that are particularly noteworthy in this report are Mumbai, a city on the west coast of India; Porto in Portugal; Jerusalem, the holy land of the world’s three major religions; and Osaka, which has seen a remarkable increase in foreign tourists in recent years.
>Osaka is locat as the tourism base of the Kansai region, with Tokyo as the tourism base of the east and Osaka as the tourism base of the west.
Osaka is visit by many Chinese tourists, and the number of visitors is expecte to continue to increase. It may also benefit from the Tokyo Olympics in 2020, and it is describ as the city that is currently attracting the most attention.
Next, let’s look at “inbound tourism in Kansai” from the inbound tourism report center on Osaka.
“Inbound Tourism in Kansai”, its Expansion and Future Trends
In January of this year, the Bank of Japan’s text services Osaka branch publish a report titl “Inbound Consumption in Kansai, Its Expansion and Future Outlook,” summarizing the current situation and future trends of inbound tourism in Kansai.
>The report states that the increase in inbound tourism to. Kansai is having a major impact on the Kansai economy, and what nes to be done to continue expanding inbound tourism to Kansai in the future. Below, we will take a look at some of the main details and graphs from the report.