Economic Insight for Smarter Tourism Strategy
Hedonic Motivations in Overseas Destination Choice To examine the structure of hedonic motivations underlying Korean travelers’ overseas destination choices, a principal component analysis (PCA) was...
This article analyzes travel consumption patterns using microdata from the third quarter (July~September 2025) of the Japan national tourism survey released by the Japan Tourism Agency under the...
The principal component analysis (PCA) based on quarterly Japanese outbound travel micro-aggregation for July~September 2025 reveals a strongly structured two-dimensional behavioral space that...
The principal component analysis based on Japanese outbound travel data for the third quarter of 2025 (July~September) reveals a clear two-dimensional structure explaining 81.6% of the total variance...
Outbound travel from Korea, Japan, and Taiwan strengthened in 2025, with Japan and Taiwan recording double-digit annual growth while Korea posted a more moderate expansion. The data suggest a...
A recent review of the KRW-based Nominal Bilateral Exchange Rate Index (2023=100) suggests that overseas travel has become broadly more expensive for Korean tourists since early 2025...
The figure presents the JPY-based nominal bilateral exchange rate index for major outbound tourism destinations of Japanese travelers, constructed with 2023 as the base year (2023...
Japan’s outbound tourism market continued its recovery throughout 2024, supported by steady growth in both traveler volumes and travel-related spending. Monthly indicators show that Japanese residents...
Monthly trends in Korean outbound tourism spending from January 2024 to October 2025 reveal clear seasonal patterns alongside a strong post-pandemic recovery in the tourism economy. This analysis...
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