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Japan Tourism Hits Record in March as Chinese and Middle East Visits Plunge
International
Published on 24 April 2026
Middle East and China numbers crater while arrivals surge anyway
Japan logged a record number of foreign visitors in March even as demand from key markets fell sharply. Chinese tourist arrivals dropped 56% to 291,600 following Beijing’s last-year travel warning. Visitors from the Middle East declined 30% to 16,700 amid the Iran war, but overall arrivals still reached a new high in official data.
- Japan set a new record for foreign tourist arrivals in March
- Chinese visitors fell 56% to 291,600 after Beijing’s travel warning
- Middle East arrivals dropped 30% to 16,700 due to the Iran war
- Despite regional declines, total inflows kept rising
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