{"id":172884,"date":"2025-08-28T16:04:25","date_gmt":"2025-08-28T07:04:25","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.fukuoka-now.com\/?post_type=news&#038;p=172884&#038;lang=en"},"modified":"2025-08-28T16:05:49","modified_gmt":"2025-08-28T07:05:49","slug":"kyushu-inbound-tourism-falls","status":"publish","type":"news","link":"https:\/\/www.fukuoka-now.com\/en\/news\/kyushu-inbound-tourism-falls\/","title":{"rendered":"Kyushu Inbound Tourism Falls For First Time In 3.5 Years On Quake Rumors"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Kyushu recorded 355,216 foreign visitors in July, a 1% year-on-year decline\u2014the first drop in three and a half years. Officials attribute the fall to rumors on social media predicting a major earthquake, which discouraged travelers, especially from Korea and Hong Kong. Nationwide, Korean visitors fell 10% and Hong Kong visitors 37%. In Kyushu, where half of inbound tourists are from Korea, the impact was greater. <\/span><b>Source: <\/b><a href=\"https:\/\/wwwtb.mlit.go.jp\/kyushu\/press\/00001_01061.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\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.fukuoka-now.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/fnn_airport-inbound_2025_WEB.jpeg?resize=1400%2C1050&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"Fukuoka Airport\" width=\"1400\" height=\"1050\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-172879\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.fukuoka-now.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/fnn_airport-inbound_2025_WEB.jpeg?w=1400&amp;ssl=1 1400w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.fukuoka-now.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/fnn_airport-inbound_2025_WEB.jpeg?resize=300%2C225&amp;ssl=1 300w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.fukuoka-now.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/fnn_airport-inbound_2025_WEB.jpeg?resize=1024%2C768&amp;ssl=1 1024w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.fukuoka-now.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/fnn_airport-inbound_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>Kyushu recorded 355,216 foreign visitors in July, a 1% year-on-year decline\u2014the first drop in three and a half years. Officials attribute&#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":29305,"featured_media":172879,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","tags":[],"class_list":["post-172884","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\/172884","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=172884"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.fukuoka-now.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/172879"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.fukuoka-now.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=172884"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.fukuoka-now.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=172884"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}