TripAdvisor announced travel trends for spring 2023 based on an attitude survey of travelers in five countries, including Japan, and website usage data.
According to the report, 49% of Japanese travelers reported planning to travel between March 1 and May 31, an upward trend compared to 38% for the same period last year. Travel distance was 93% for domestic travel and 7% for international travel, with 42% of respondents traveling “4-6 hours,” 30% “1-3 hours,” and 15% “11 hours or more.
Compared to the expenditures for spring 2022 travel, 4% of respondents said their expenditures for spring 2023 travel would be “very much more than in 2022,” 30% said “a little more than in 2022,” 56% said “same as in 2022,” and 10% said “less than in 2022.” As for the impact of inflation and rising electricity and other energy costs, 41% of respondents said “no change to travel plans” for inflation and 43% for rising energy costs. As for the impact of inflation, 20% said they would “reduce the number or shorten the duration of trips” and 25% said they would “take shorter trips,” while 17% said they would “reduce the number or shorten the duration of trips” and 27% said they would “take shorter trips” due to rising energy costs.
The top 10 most popular tourist destinations in Japan are as follows: Urayasu City, home to the Tokyo Disney Resort, and Konohana-ku, where USJ is located, followed by Hakone Town in Kanagawa Prefecture.
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