Indian visitor arrivals to Japan rebound in first six months of 2012

Japan has witnessed an impressive 21% increase in the number of Indian visitors visiting Japan in the first six months of 2012 as compared to the same period in the year 2011. This is quite significant as Japan was struck with a twin natural disaster last year. Indian visitor arrivals to Japan rebound in first six months of 2012 Indian visitors’ arrival figure cross the pre-crisis level of 2010 Motonari Adachi Motonari Adachi, Executive Director, Japan National Tourism Organization (JNTO), Singapore Office, said, “It gives us a great pleasure to notice the growth in the number of Indian visitors visiting Japan in the first six months of 2012. It is a remarkable development for JNTO reassuring that our marketing activities in India are in the right direction. India will continue to remain our one of the key focus markets and we expect continuous increase in the number of Indians visiting Japan in coming months.” The number of visitors to Japan has also exceeded the pre-disaster level for the first time since the earthquake and tsunami on 11 March 2011. The total visitor arrivals for June 2012 were 686,600; an increase of 1.4% over the level recorded in June 2010, according to JNTO statistics. This trend is in sync with the visitor arrivals from the Indian market. The number of Indian visitors to Japan has also increased during the first six months of the year 2012, as compared to the corresponding six months of the year 2010. Total 34, 648 Indians visited Japan from January to June in 2012 vis-à-vis 34,379 during the corresponding period in 2010