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Research study on how to predict the domestic visit area distribution of foreign tourists visiting Japan （Report No.133）

Summary

　It is getting big attention that the consumption by foreign tourists visiting Japan leads to economic growth. For the achievement, predicting precise future is expected, based on examining the current status, such as from which country the tourist come, with how much of visit experience to Japan, by which visit style, how often and to which specific area.

　 In order to grasp the details, this study analyzed the trend of domestic visit area distribution, based on share and variation in time-series that organized by attribute of foreign tourists. Then, a prediction model was developed for estimating the number of foreign tourists by domestic visit area in the time of ”the foreign tourists reach 30 million”, which was the goal of government as of June 2014.

Keywords

tourism，foreign tourists　visiting Japan，domestic visit area distribution，prediction model

Publication

September 2016

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