Japan National Tourism Organization Kuala Lumpur Office (JNTO KL) continues to support Malaysian travelers bound for Japan with their participation in MATTA Fair which was held this 1st to 3rd September 2023 at Malaysia International Trade & Exhibition Centre (MITEC), Kuala Lumpur.

JNTO has released statistics about foreign visitors to Japan via their website (in Japanese). In July, preliminary estimates exceeded the two million mark for the first time in 2023 at 2,320,600 visitor arrivals, up 12% from June 2023. Meanwhile, JNTO’s preliminary figures for Malaysian visitor arrivals to Japan in July stood at 17,400 1, which is 24.2% lower than July 2019’s recorded arrivals of 22,957. The number of monthly arrivals from Malaysia this year has also been announced.