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The Number of Hotel Guests in Kagoshima Prefecture in August Fell by 16.4%—Due to the Direct Impact of the Kumamoto Earthquake and the Typhoon in Amami.
Kagoshima Prefecture announced the results of its August tourism trend survey on the 30th. The number of guests at 79 hotels and inns in the prefecture was 236,645, a 16.4% decrease compared to the same month last year. The prefecture attributes this to "disruptions to transportation networks caused by the Kumamoto earthquake (which occurred on July 28th), as well as numerous cancellations to remote islands due to the typhoon." By region, Kagosh…
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Kagoshima Prefecture announced the results of its August tourism trend survey on the 30th. The number of guests at 79 hotels and inns in the prefecture was 236,645, a 16.4% decrease compared to the same month last year. The prefecture attributes this to "disruptions to transportation networks caused by the Kumamoto earthquake (which occurred on July 28th), as well as numerous cancellations to remote islands due to the typhoon." By region, Kagosh…