Number of foreign visitors to Japan: December 2018 · Annual estimate – 31,192 thousand people annually

Number of foreign visitors to Japan: December 2018 · Annual estimate – 31,192 thousand people annually

◇ December: 2.432 million, up 4.4% from the same month of the previous year

◇ January – December: 31. 792 thousand, an increase of 8.7% over the previous year

【Year】
The number of foreign visitors to Japan in 2018 increased by 8.7% from the previous year to 31,192 thousand people.

It became the most number since 1964 when JNTO started taking statistics.

By market,

China reached 8.38 million, reaching 8 million people for the first time in all markets.

Thailand became 113 million people, exceeding 1 million for the first time in the Southeast Asian market.

Recorded record highs in 19 markets.