China-Japan relations remain tense, with Chinese authorities pushing hard to discourage people from traveling to Japan in an effort to hurt Japan’s tourism industry. However, the latest data has taken everyone by surprise.
According to Nikkei Asia, citing statistics from the Japanese hotel booking platform Tripla, hotel bookings for Chinese tourists in Japan surged nearly 60% year-on-year during the Chinese New Year holiday from February 15 to 23, 2026. The data covers 1,727 hotels in Japan, which is highly representative.
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