Japan National Tourism Organization Kuala Lumpur Office or JNTO is extremely elated with the support Malaysians have extended with many looking to travel to the country.
JNTO has released statistics about foreign visitors to Japan via their website (in Japanese). In July, preliminary estimates exceeded the two million mark for the first time in 2023 at 2,320,600 visitor arrivals, up 12% from June 2023. Meanwhile, JNTO’s preliminary figures for Malaysian visitor arrivals to Japan in July stood at 17,400 1, which is 24.2% lower than July
2019’s recorded arrivals of 22,957. The number of monthly arrivals from Malaysia this year has also been announced.
Total visitors from Malaysia visiting Japan accumulated to 194,243 from January to June 2023.
