Golden Week 2016
The well-known continual public holidays from the end of April to the beginning of May in Japan, the”Golden Week” is the most popular leisure week on a year. This year 2016, the total number of foreign tourists to Japan in April was about 2,081,800, which is an increase by 18 % compared to the number in the same mounth 2015., according to the official report of JNTO released on May 18th. (https://www.jnto.go.jp/jpn/)
In the GW, not only foreigners but also Japanese people take longer holidays and tend to take travels as well. before the week, the total number of travelers furing the period was estimated to reach about 23860,000. Actually, the number of traveller to or in Kyushu, the northwestern part reduced compared to the number last year due to the Kumamoto Earthquakes on April 14,16 and others, still lthe total number keeps so high.