{"id":170617,"date":"2025-04-24T09:51:43","date_gmt":"2025-04-24T00:51:43","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.fukuoka-now.com\/?post_type=news&#038;p=170617&#038;lang=en"},"modified":"2025-04-24T09:51:43","modified_gmt":"2025-04-24T00:51:43","slug":"kyushu-hits-record-foreign-visitors-march","status":"publish","type":"news","link":"https:\/\/www.fukuoka-now.com\/en\/news\/kyushu-hits-record-foreign-visitors-march\/","title":{"rendered":"Kyushu Hits Record 410,000 Foreign Visitors in March"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The Kyushu District Transport Bureau reported that 410,284 foreign nationals entered Kyushu\u2019s seven prefectures in March, excluding cruise ship visitors\u2014marking the highest single-month figure on record. This surpasses the previous peak set two months earlier, driven by continued inbound tourism boosted by a weak yen and cherry blossom season demand. In contrast, January&#8217;s confirmed cruise ship tourist entries, which involve simplified immigration procedures, totaled 61,468\u2014less than half of January 2018\u2019s pre-COVID levels, reflecting slow recovery, particularly due to China&#8217;s economic slowdown. In terms of overall January arrivals by nationality, South Korea led with 251,027 visitors, followed by China (95,179), Taiwan (57,400), and Hong Kong (31,819). Chinese arrivals remain below 70% of pre-pandemic levels. <\/span><b>Source: <\/b><a href=\"https:\/\/wwwtb.mlit.go.jp\/kyushu\/press\/00001_01005.html\" rel=\"noopener\" target=\"_blank\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Kyushu District Transport Bureau<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n<p><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-170610\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.fukuoka-now.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/fnn_hakata-tourist-center_2025_WEB.jpeg?resize=1400%2C1050&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"Kyushu Hits Record 410,000 Foreign Visitors in March\" width=\"1400\" height=\"1050\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.fukuoka-now.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/fnn_hakata-tourist-center_2025_WEB.jpeg?w=1400&amp;ssl=1 1400w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.fukuoka-now.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/fnn_hakata-tourist-center_2025_WEB.jpeg?resize=300%2C225&amp;ssl=1 300w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.fukuoka-now.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/fnn_hakata-tourist-center_2025_WEB.jpeg?resize=1024%2C768&amp;ssl=1 1024w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.fukuoka-now.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/fnn_hakata-tourist-center_2025_WEB.jpeg?resize=768%2C576&amp;ssl=1 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1000px) 100vw, 1000px\" \/><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Stay informed with the latest Fukuoka &amp; Kyushu news and events in English. Sign up for our <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.fukuoka-now.com\/en\/mailmagazine\/\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">free weekly newsletter <\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">today and never miss a beat. Opt out anytime, your privacy is our priority. Get the inside scoop with <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.fukuoka-now.com\/en\/mailmagazine\/\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The Now<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Summaries based on public content, errors may occur during translation. Images credited independently. Send feedback using <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.fukuoka-now.com\/en\/contact\/\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">this <\/span><b>form<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">.<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The Kyushu District Transport Bureau reported that 410,284 foreign nationals entered Kyushu\u2019s seven prefectures in March&#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":29305,"featured_media":170613,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","tags":[],"class_list":["post-170617","news","type-news","status-publish","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","location-kyushu","news-category-travel-tourism","en-US"],"jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.fukuoka-now.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/news\/170617","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\/29305"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.fukuoka-now.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=170617"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.fukuoka-now.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/170613"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.fukuoka-now.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=170617"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.fukuoka-now.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=170617"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}