日本人減少到中國旅行

Recently the Asahi News reported the following:

日本旅行業協会が２０日発表した旅行大手７社の１０～１２月の海外ツアー予約状況によると、中国方面が前年同期と比べ、最大で３割近く減った。尖閣諸島沖の漁船衝突事件による日中関係の悪化が影響しているとみられる。
　１０月が２７．０％減、１１月は３．１％減、１２月は２６．８％減だった。８月の実績は９．７％減だったが、事件が発生した９月に２５．４％減と急減。年末にかけて減少が続いている。同協会の担当者は「旅行者が中国から行き先を変えたり、様子を見るため旅行を延期したりしている」と分析する。
　一方、ツアー全体では、１０月は６．１％減だが、１１月は１９．０％増、１２月は５．９％増。米国、韓国、台湾方面が２０％以上増えた。

(試譯文)

According to the announcement made on the 20th by the Japan Association of Travel Agents, overseas tour reservation status of seven major travel companies in October to December showed that travel to China had decreased by as much as about 30 percent compared to same time last year. It was expected to be the influence of the Japan-China deteriorated relations due to the fishing boat collision event off the coast of Senkaku Islands.
It was a 27.0% decrease October, 3.1% decrease in November, and 26.8% decrease in December. Although it was a 9.7% decrease in August, it decreased suddenly in September by 25.4% when the event occurred. The decrease continued until the end of the year. The person in charge of this agency analyzed that "Travelers change the China destination, and postpone the journey in order to see the situation".
On the other hand, for the entire tourist travel, although it was a 6.1% decrease in October, it was a 19.0% increase in November, 5.9% increase in December. In respect of the United States, South Korea, and Taiwan there was a 20% or more increase.

It seems that fewer Japanese will visit China in the near future.