Japan's Tourism Slowly Recovering

Data on the effects on Japan's tourism has been released.

Tourism-Review.com posted:

The first 12 months after the tsunami and earthquake affected Japan’s tourism quite considerably. An analysis by Forward Data SL was released just recently giving the details regarding Japan’s tourism. 

The first 12 months that followed the destructive crisis had a result of decreasing the tourism to Japan by 29%. The business sector actually appeared more resilient than the general leisure tourists. 

The country’s tourism is slowly but surely recovering. Arrivals are growing. When the data of this year is compared to 2011 when the tragedy happened, the numbers did improve. However, it is still not enough to go over the numbers recorded in 2010. Currently Japan’s tourism numbers are 13% below 2010. 

The data clearly shows that the most decreasing segment is leisure tourism. This is not surprising since business travelers are the bulk of the head count of tourists who arrived in Japan in the previous years. 

There is also data regarding source regions. A growth patterns has been established by Forward Data SL. There was a 50% decrease in the number of tourists coming from North America when compared to 2010 figures.

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