JAPAN. One of Japan’s leading tour operators and travel agents, Nippon Travel Agency, has revealed a -2.6% dip in sales for 2007, to Y466.81 billion (US$4.3 billion). The figures were reported by Travel Journal International Online.
The agency blamed the effect of fuel price rises among airlines and lacklustre business sentiment for depressed sales of outbound travel. Sales of outbound travel fell by -4.8% to Y160.83 billion (US$1.48 billion). Within the outbound segment, educational tours saw a rise of +15.4% to Y9.47 billion (US$87 million).
Domestic demand fell -1.8% in the year, said Nippon Travel Agency. Inbound travel sales surged +23.2% to Y6.98 billion (US$64 million), while sales from other business slipped -19.2% to Y213 million (US$1.9 million).
The year ended on a strong note for the agency, though outbound travel continued to suffer in December. Total sales in the monthrose +5.0% to Y34.37 billion (US$318 million). Domestic travel sales surged +11.3% but outbound travel revenues dropped -8.7%.
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