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JATA Independent Surveys

(April 21 2010)
Results for January to March 2010 and Status of Bookings for April to June (Seven Package Tour Travel Agencies)
Headline
(Passenger Base: %)
[Actual Results for January to March 2010]

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Bookings for all destinations were up on figures from last year for the seven consecutive months up until January.
Bookings for February were 8.9% down from the previous year. However figures for March were 8.5% up.

All Destinations 110.9% (January), 91.1% (February), 108.5% (March)

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Bookings for European destinations were up on figures from last year for the eight consecutive months up until March.

European Destinations 106.9% (January), 101.2% (February), 124.8% (March)
[Compared with results of the previous year]

[Status of Bookings for April to June 2010]

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Bookings in general are relatively slow across all destinations with only June showing signs of a 1.4% increase.

All Destinations 91.5% (April), 85.6% (May), 101.4% (June)

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Bookings for May are particularly low with only Taiwan, Hong Kong, Macau and China showing signs of positive growth. Although bookings for June reveal a slight recovery, Oceania and Korea appear to be stuck in their downward trend.

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China, host nation of Expo 2010 Shanghai since May this year posted positive figures of 39.6% and 115.8% over April and June respectively. However these figures have dropped to an increase of just 6.1% in May.

China 139.6% (April), 106.1% (May), 215.8% (June)
[Compared with results for the same period the previous year]

Overseas Package Tour Results and Status of Bookings
by Destination (Seven Package Tour Travel Agencies)
(Passenger Base: %)

- Summary of Reports from each Travel Agent -
[Actual Results for January to March 2010]
・ Although the increase in demand for travel to Korea last year on the back of a weak Won showed signs of slowing, other short-haul destinations including Asia and China showed strong growth.
・ It was difficult to secure seats with the Chinese New Year falling in February this year.
・ Long-haul destinations such as Europe and Hawaii also showed signs of recovery.
[Status of Bookings for April to June 2010]
・ Bookings are looking strong for China from May with the EXPO 2010 in Shanghai. We expect to see a further increase as the Expo looms closer.
・ The long string of consecutive days off over Golden Week this year made it possible to take longer holidays which fueled ing demand for long-haul destinations including Europe and Hawaii. However, this demand is expected to slow in the latter half of May.
・ New package tours utilizing the newly opened routes with middle eastern airlines through Narita Airport are performing strongly.

- Notes regarding this survey -
In order to grasp future overseas travel trends by destination, each quarter the Japan Association of Travel Agents (JATA) conducts a survey of overseas package tours offered at seven package tour travel agencies.
● JTB Corp., Kinki Nippon Tourist Co., Ltd., Nippon Travel Agency Co., Ltd., Hankyu Express International Co., Ltd., Jalpak Co., Ltd., ANA Sales Co., Ltd. H.I.S Co., Ltd.
Note: ANA Sales Co., Ltd. does not market products for America/Canada, Guam, Saipan and Oceania and therefore those are not included in the results.

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