Kansai District Transport and Tourism Bureau Project for improving tourism attractions in Kansai March 27, 2017 Yosuke Wakabayashi Director-General Kansai District Transport and Tourism Bureau Ministry of Land, Infrastructure, Transport and Tourism -0- Kansai District Transport Trends of intl. visitors to Japan and Tourism Bureau 10 thou. people 2500 24.039 mil. people 2400 Dec.: 2.051 mil. people 2300 (a 15.6% increase) (22% increase) 2200 Nov.: 1.875 mil. people 2100 (a 13.8% increase) 2000 Oct.: 2.136 mil. people 1900 (a 16.8% increase) 1800 (46% increase) Sept.: 1.918 mil. people 1700 (a 19.0％ increase) 1600 Aug.: 2.049 mil. people 1500 （a 12.8% increase) 1400 July: 2.297 mil. people 1300 10 mil. visitors exceeded for the first time (29% increase) (a 19.7% increase) 1200 1100 June: 1.986 mil. people (a 23.9% increase) 1000 1974 900 Inauguration of “Visit May: 1.894 mil. people (a 15.3% increase) 800 Japan” Program 700 1341 April: 2.082mil. people 600 (a 18.0% increase) 500 861 1036 Mar.: 2.010 mil. people 835 835 836 (a 31.7% increase) 400 733 679 622 300 614 673 521 Feb.: 1.891 mil. people 200 (a 36.4% increase) 100 Jan.: 1.852 mil. people 0 (a 52.0% increase) 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015 2016 Note: The figures for 2015 are final, those for Jan.-Oct, 2016 are provisional, and those for Nov.-Dec., 2016 are estimates. % changes are figures for 2016 over figures for the same month in 2015. Source: JNTO 1 Kansai District Transport Share of intl. visitors to Japan by country/region and Tourism Bureau Germany 90 thou. 2003 2016 people Russia (1.8%) Australia 40 thou. Spain, 90 thou. people (0%) 170 thou.people France people Russia, 50 thou. people (0%) 90 thou. (3.3%) Australia, 380 thou. people (2%) (0.9%) Italy, 120 thou. people (0%) people (1.6%) Germany, 180 thou. people (1%) Other France, 250 thou. people (1%) U.K. 390 thou. 200 thou. people UK, 290 thou. people (1%) Other, 980 thou. people (4%) (7.5%) people S. Korea Canada, 270 thou. people (1%) (3.8%) 1.46 mill. India, 120 thou. people (1%) Canada people USA, 1.24 mil. people (5%) 130 thou. 3 major Vietnam, 230 thou. people (1%) China, 6.37 mil. (28.0%) Europe, 1.00 mil. people (4%) people European Philippines, 350 thou. people (1%) people 27%) (2.4%) countries 380 thou. Indonesia, 270 thou. people (1%) North America, 1.52 mil. people (6%) people Malaysia, 390 thou. people (2%) (7.3%) U.S.A. 2003 Total: Singapore, 310 thou. people (2%) 660 thou. North 2016 Total: America people 5.21 mil. people Thailand, 900 thou. people (4%) 780 thou. 24.04 mil. people Asia: 3.44 mill. people (66.1%) (12.6%) people Of which East Asia: 2.95 mill. people India (15.0%) 50 thou. people (56.6%) Of which South East Asia: 440 thou. (0.9%) people (8.5%) Taiwan Hong Kong, 1.84 mil. people (8%) Vietnam Hong 790 thou. Asia: 20.10 mil. people (83.7%) 20 thou. people Kong people Of which East Asia: 17.47 mil. people (72.7%) (0.3%) Of which South East Asia: 2.46 mil. people (10.2%) 260 thou. (15.1%) Philippines China Korea, 5.09 mil. people 140 thou. people 450 thou. people (21%) (2.6%) (5.0%) people Taiwan 4.17 mil. people (17%) Indonesia Singapore (8.6%) 60 thou. people 80 thou. people (1.2%) (1.5%) Malaysia Thailand 70 thou. people 80 thou. people Note 1: “Other” includes countries in Asia or in Europe whose names are not listed. (1.3%) (1.5%) Note 2: Adapted by the Kinki District Transport Bureau based on the material prepared by JNTO 2 Kansai District Transport Spending on travel by intl. visitors to Japan and Tourism Bureau ◆ Spending by overseas visitors in 2016 increased by 7.8% over the previous year, and set the new record of 3 trillion 747.6 billion yen. ◆ Overseas visitors spending per person decreased by 11.5% over the same period of the previous year and was 155,896 yen. (100 mill. JPN) Trends of spending on travel (yen/person) 40,000 200,000 【Spending on travel in Japan (2015)】 37,476 176,167 180,000 35,000 《24.8 trillion yen》 151,174 160,000 30,000 34,771 155,896 136,693 Spending on intl. travel by Spending on travel by 133,426 130,819 140,000 129,763 Japanese (spend in Japan) intl. visitors to Japan 25,000 1 tril. yen (3.9%) 3.5 tril. yen (14.0%) 120,000 20,000 100,000 20,278 80,000 15,000 14,167 60,000 10,000 11,490 10,846 40,000 8,135 5,000 20,000 Spending on day trips by 0 0 Japanese Spending on overnight 2010 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015 2016 4.6 tril. yen (18.5%) domestic travel by Japanese Travel spendings (100 mil. yen）- Left 15.8 tril. yen (63.6%) (Preliminary results) Travel spending (yen)/person - Right Note: Values in and before 2015 are final results. Because the values in 2016 are preliminary results, the final values may differ. Source: Consumption Trend Survey for Foreigners Visiting Japan, JTA 3 Kansai District Transport Numbers of intl. visitors to Japan arriving at Kansai Intl. Airport and Tourism Bureau Intl. visitors to Japan arriving at Kansai Intl. Airport 10 thou. people Trends of flights operated by Intl. LCCs 700 (services/week) 450 40.0% 609 34.5% 600 400 32.9% 35.0% 501 350 30.0% 23.6% 500 300 LCC flights as a share of all passenger flights 21.3% 25.0% 250 400 17.9% 20.0% 317 200 390 358 15.0% 300 150 232 7.3% 7.5% 10.0% 179 100 189 200 175 1.6% 4.1% 155 134 50 122 5.0% 10 24 42 47 100 0 0.0% 02801冬8 w. 0 2900冬9 w. 1 2010冬 w. 1 2011冬1 w. 1 20212冬 w. 120313冬 w. 1 20414冬 w. 1 2501冬5 w. 1 20616冬 w. 0 (Source: Kansai Intl. Airport, Co., Ltd.) Note: w.= winter 2010 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015 2016 FY 2016: Intl. visitors to Japan arriving at Kansai FY 2016:Intl.visitors entering Japan by airport Intl. Airport, by country of origin Australia New Chitose 4.9% UK, Germany, Other Other 7.3% 0.5% France 1.9% 6.7% Naha 5.8% China Haneda North America 25.7% Fukuoka 14.1% 0.7% 7.0% SE Asia 10.2% 2016:Intl. 2016: visitors’ Intl.arrivals airports of at Kansai Airport by Kansai arrival Narita nationality 26.2% 29.4% Korea 26.8% Taiwan Hong Kong 18.5% 9.0% Chubu 5.3% (Source: Statistics of Immigration Control, Ministry of Justice) 4 Kansai District Transport Trends of inbound visitors to the Kansai area and Tourism Bureau 【Japan】 【Kansai】 【Osaka】 Estimated 3000 (10 thou. people) 1,200 (10 thou. people) 1000 (10 thou. people) 939.3 1,022.3 900 2500 2403.9 1,000 800 2.9 times 3.8 times 4.7 times 716.5 1973.7 789.5 700 2000 800 600 1500 600 500 1341.3 478.8 400 374.2 1036.4 1000 400 835.8 345.1 300 260.1 272.5 200.6 200 500 200 100 0 0 0 2012 2013 2014 2015 2016 2012 2013 2014 2015 2016 2012 2013 2014 2015 2016 Source: Consumption Trend Survey for Foreigners Visiting Japan, JTA and The Number of Intentional Visitors, JNTO Intl. visitors to Kansai (estimates)= Visitors to Japan (Jan. - Dec.) / Share of visitors to Note: The figures for 2012 through 2015 are final, those for Jan.-Oct. 2016 are provisional, and those for Nov.-Dec. 2016 are estimates. Kansai over total visitors to Japan 5 Kansai District Transport Trends of visitor nights and Tourism Bureau Domestic and intl. visitor nights Intl. visitor nights 1.3 times in 6 years 4.5 times in 6 years (10 thou. people) (10 thou. people) 9,000 2,000 1,745 8,000 7,547 7,483 1,800 7,047 1,592 6,819 1,600 7,000 6,267 5,850 1,400 6,000 1,200 1,085 5,000 1,000 4,000 793 800 3,000 606 600 2,000 391 400 1,000 200 0 0 2011年 2012年 2013年 2014年 2015年 2016年 2011年 2012年 2013年 2014年 2015年 2016年 Visitor nights for Kansai as a share of visitor nights for Japan Intl. visitor nights for Kansai as a share of intl. visitor (2016) nights for Japan (2016) ⇒ 15.1％ (14.0％ in 2011) ⇒ 24.6％ (21.2％ in 2011) Note: The figures for 2011 through 2016 are final, and those for 2016 are estimates. Source: The Number of Inbound and Outbound Travelers, JTA 6 Kansai District Transport Advantages of the Kansai area as a tourism destination and Tourism Bureau ○ Attractive tourism resources are concentrated in a 100-km radius from Osaka. ・5 of Japan’s 19 World Heritages are in the Kansai area. ・About 60% of Japan’s national treasures and 50% of its important cultural properties are in the Kansai area. ・Well-developed railways and other public transportation networks provide easy access between cities. Cultural properties in Himeji Castle Kyoto, an old capital Cultural properties in Nara, an old capital Sacred sites and pilgrimage Buddhist monuments routes in the Kii Mountains in the Hōryū-ji Temple area (Source: Documents prepared by the Kansai District Transport and Tourism Bureau) 7 Kansai District Transport Accesses to/form Kansai Intl.