Quarterly tourism expenditure by foreign visitors in Japan 2015-2020

Published by Alexandru Arba, Jun 3, 2021

In the first quarter of 2020, around 707.1 billion Japanese yen were generated by foreign travelers visiting Japan, compared to around 1.1 trillion yen in the first quarter of the previous year. Following the reduced travel activities due to the global corona (COVID-19) outbreak, quarterly tourism expenditures by international visitors decreased by close to 40 percent. Overall, expenditures by foreign visitors to Japan amounted to almost 745 billion yen in 2020.

Quarterly tourism expenditure by international visitors in Japan from 2015 to 2020 (in billion Japanese yen)*

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Release date

March 2021

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Region

Japan

Survey time period

2015 to 2020

Supplementary notes

*Includes spending on accommodation, eating & drinking, transportation, entertainment, shopping and other travel expenditures.
**Due to the impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on travelling, the survey was not conducted in Q2, Q3, and Q4 of 2020.

Data prior to 2020 come from previous reports.
1 Japanese yen equals 0.0091 U.S. dollars or 0.0075 euros as of June 2021