2023-04-20 04:48:06
Driven by the demand for viewing cherry blossoms, the number of foreign tourists visiting Japan surged 26 times in March, and tourists set off “retaliatory consumption”. In Q1 (January-March), the consumption of tourists visiting Japan exceeded 1 trillion yen, among which South Korean tourists are the most likely to buy, and Taiwan ranks first second.
The Japan National Tourism Organization (JNTO) released statistics on the 19thpointed outdue to the rising demand for cherry blossom viewing, the number of foreign tourists visiting Japan in March 2023 will be 1,817,500, a sharp increase of 26 times (2,648.7%) from 66,121 in the same period of 2022, exceeding one million for the fourth consecutive month, and For the first time since January 2020, the number of people has exceeded 1.5 million; compared with the 1,475,300 people in February 2023, it has increased by 23%, which is the eighth monthly increase in nine months. Compared with the previous month (276,136 people), it has recovered to regarding 66% level.
（Source：JNTO）
In terms of countries, South Korea had the largest number of visitors to Japan in March, with 466,800 tourists, a sharp increase of nearly 69 times (6,873.4%) compared with the same month last year (6,694); followed by Taiwan with 278,900 tourists, compared with the same month last year (2,461 112 times (a surge of 11,232.8%); the number of people in the United States is 203,000, which is regarding 62 times (a jump of 6,245.7%) compared with the same month of last year (3,199); times (a sharp increase of 29,592.6%); China had 75,700 people, a nearly seven-fold increase (672.5%) compared to the same month last year (9,799).
Compared with March 2019 before the epidemic, the number of visitors from South Korea to Japan has recovered to nearly 80%, Taiwan tourists have recovered to nearly 70%, Chinese tourists have only recovered to nearly 10%, and American tourists have increased by 15% compared with March 2019 .
From January to March 2023, the number of foreign tourists visiting Japan will be 479,300, a sharp increase of nearly 47 times (4,661.4%) compared to the same month last year. Among them, the number of tourists from South Korea to Japan was the largest, reaching 160,700, a 179-fold increase compared to the same period last year; the number of tourists from Taiwan was 786,700, a 220-fold increase from the same period last year; the number of Chinese tourists was 143,200, a 9-fold increase from the same period last year.
In Q1, the spending of tourists visiting Japan exceeded one trillion yuan, and Taiwanese people ranked second
The Japan Tourism Agency released statistics on the 19thpointed outDuring the period from January to March 2023, the consumption of foreign tourists visiting Japan exceeded 1 trillion yen, reaching 1 trillion and 14.6 billion yen, a decrease of 11.9% compared with January-March 2019 before the outbreak; The per capita tourism expenditure of foreign tourists (only including sightseeing and leisure purposes) was 185,616 yen, a significant increase of 28.3% compared with the same period in 2019.
The Japan Tourism Agency pointed out that due to the depreciation of the yen and the pent-up shopping desire due to the epidemic, it was vented during the long-awaited trip to Japan, triggering “retaliatory consumption”.
In terms of spending by country/region, tourists from South Korea are the most likely to buy. During the period from January to March, their spending reached 199.9 billion yen, an increase of 30.3% compared with the same period in 2019, accounting for 19.7% of the total; spending by tourists from Taiwan Ranked second, it was 153.5 billion yen, an increase of 0.7% compared with the same period in 2019, accounting for 15.1% of the total; Chinese tourists were 106.9 billion yen, a sharp drop of 74.8% compared with the same period in 2019, accounting for 10.5%; Hong Kong tourists The number of tourists from the United States was 105.4 billion yen, a sharp increase of 27.3% compared with the same period in 2019, accounting for 10.4%; the number of American tourists was 99.8 billion yen, a sharp increase of 62.7% compared with the same period of 2019, accounting for 9.8%. The above five countries accounted for a total of 65.5% of the total.
（Source：Japan Tourism Agency）
According to Japanese media reports, the annual consumption of tourists visiting Japan in 2019 before the outbreak was 4.8 trillion yen. The Japanese government plans to increase the annual consumption of tourists visiting Japan to 5 trillion yen in the early stage. Deng Ying estimates that consumption in 2023 is expected to exceed the Japanese government’s target, reaching an estimated 5.9 trillion yen.
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