Japan Posts First Tourism Decline in Four Years as Chinese Arrivals Plunge 61%

Japan saw something in January that it hadn’t seen in four years — a decline in inbound tourism.

About 3.6 million travelers visited Japan last month, down 4.9% from last year, according to the Japan National Tourism Organization — marking the first drop in inbound tourism since January 2022.

The decline was driven in large part by a 61% fall in arrivals from China, which followed a 45% drop