YoY growth in monthly sales of event tickets in Japan 2020-2022
The monthly sales of tickets for events such as music concerts in Japan declined by about 13.5 percent in August 2022 compared to the same period in 2019, prior to the COVID-19 pandemic. Event ticket sales suffered throughout the pandemic and the industry has yet to see a complete recovery. Almost no tickets were sold during the months of April to June 2020, marking the worst period of the pandemic for event organizers.