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.
https://www.jnto.go.jp/jpn/news/press_releases/pdf/190116_monthly.pdf