Japan's inbound visitor arrivals fall for a second straight month, down 6.8% in June
Japan's tourist arrivals fell 6.8% year on year in June to 3,148,600, JNTO said — a second straight monthly decline in the leading indicator behind department-store and duty-free spending, even as fifteen individual markets set new June records.
Japan's inbound visitor arrivals fell for a second consecutive month in June, down 6.8% year on year to 3,148,600, according to Japan National Tourism Organization figures published Wednesday — a run of declines that follows May's 3.6% drop in the headline number retailers use to read the strength of the tourist wallet.