Temperatures are cooling in Japan, but interest in visiting shows no signs of abating, as autumn arrivals continue to outpace pre-pandemic levels.
Before the pandemic, China was Japan's largest tourism source market, representing 30% of all arrivals, according to Japanese authorities.
Chinese visitors to Japan doubled last month, from 325,645 in September 2023 to 652,300 in September 2024, according to Japan's tourism statistics.
From January to September this year, more than 5.2 million visitors from China visited Japan, a 228% increase from 2023, according to preliminary statistics.
But that leaves plenty of space to grow to reach the 9.6 million that arrived in 2019.
Organizations:
Japan National Tourism Organization
Locations:
Japan, China