{"id":160408,"date":"2024-03-01T14:00:43","date_gmt":"2024-03-01T05:00:43","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.fukuoka-now.com\/?post_type=news&#038;p=160408&#038;lang=en"},"modified":"2024-03-01T14:00:43","modified_gmt":"2024-03-01T05:00:43","slug":"record-rise-in-okinawa-tourists-boosted-by-cruise-ships","status":"publish","type":"news","link":"https:\/\/www.fukuoka-now.com\/en\/news\/record-rise-in-okinawa-tourists-boosted-by-cruise-ships\/","title":{"rendered":"Record Rise in Okinawa Tourists Boosted by Cruise Ships"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Okinawa experienced an 18% increase in tourist arrivals in January, reaching 629,100 visitors. This surge is attributed to the operations of cruise ships from Naha Port and events like the J-League soccer camp, despite numbers still trailing 14% behind the pre-pandemic figures of January 2020. Domestic tourists grew by 4% to 508,800, while international visitors expanded 2.7 times to 120,300, although this is still only 60% of the 2020 figures. <strong>Source:<\/strong> <a href=\"https:\/\/www.pref.okinawa.jp\/_res\/projects\/default_project\/_page_\/001\/026\/300\/r6-1gaikyou-sokuhou.pdf\" rel=\"noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Okinawa Prefecture<\/a><\/p>\n<p><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.fukuoka-now.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/03\/fnn_okinawa-photo-bannaido_2024_cl.jpg?resize=1400%2C933&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"Record Rise in Okinawa Tourists Boosted by Cruise Ships\" width=\"1400\" height=\"933\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-160428\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.fukuoka-now.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/03\/fnn_okinawa-photo-bannaido_2024_cl.jpg?w=1400&amp;ssl=1 1400w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.fukuoka-now.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/03\/fnn_okinawa-photo-bannaido_2024_cl.jpg?resize=300%2C200&amp;ssl=1 300w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.fukuoka-now.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/03\/fnn_okinawa-photo-bannaido_2024_cl.jpg?resize=1024%2C682&amp;ssl=1 1024w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.fukuoka-now.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/03\/fnn_okinawa-photo-bannaido_2024_cl.jpg?resize=768%2C512&amp;ssl=1 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1000px) 100vw, 1000px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Stay informed with the latest Fukuoka &#038; Kyushu news and events in English. Sign up for our <a href=https:\/\/www.fukuoka-now.com\/en\/mailmagazine\/>free weekly newsletter<\/a> today and never miss a beat. Opt out anytime, your privacy is our priority. Get the inside scoop with <a href=https:\/\/www.fukuoka-now.com\/en\/mailmagazine\/>The Now<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Summaries based on public content, errors may occur during translation. Images credited independently. Send feedback using <a href=https:\/\/www.fukuoka-now.com\/en\/contact\/>this <b>form<\/b>.<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Okinawa experienced an 18% increase in tourist arrivals in January, reaching 629,100 visitors. This surge is attributed to the operations of cruise ships from Naha Port and events&#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":30040,"featured_media":160424,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","tags":[],"class_list":["post-160408","news","type-news","status-publish","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","location-okinawa-prefecture","news-category-travel-tourism","en-US"],"jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.fukuoka-now.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/news\/160408","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.fukuoka-now.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/news"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.fukuoka-now.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/news"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.fukuoka-now.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/30040"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.fukuoka-now.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=160408"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.fukuoka-now.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/160424"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.fukuoka-now.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=160408"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.fukuoka-now.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=160408"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}