Okinawa ranks third in the world for popular spring break travel destination

Okinawa ranks third in the world for popular spring break travel destination


January 10, 2019 Ryukyu Shimpo

 

On January 9, travel search engine KAYAK announced its popular spring break travel destinations ranking for 2019, which was based on search data.

KAYAK is a leading subsidiary of one of the world’s largest online travel agencies, Booking Holdings.

Among the travel destinations around the world, Okinawa placed third.

The number of searches drastically increased by 229 percent in 2018 compared to the previous year.

 

Rome placed first in the ranking, while Osaka placed second.

Okinawa was second only to Osaka for being a popular destination within Japan.

Places like Guam and Seoul also ranked high for their tourist spots and beach resorts. This shows that Okinawa is popular as a winter destination.

 

KAYAK Japan and South Korea General Manager Masahiro Yamashita analyzed the situation as, “The popularity of resorts come not just from established spots, but also scattered areas throughout Japan and Asia.”

 

For the Japanese version of KAYAK, search data between January 1, 2018 and December 5, 2018, along with travel dates between February 1, 2019 to March 31, 2019 were used to compare data from the previous year with the same time frames.

 

(English translation by T&CT and Chelsea Ashimine)

 

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