Browse all Hotelinsight blog articles tagged "2025".
China visitors to Japan crashed -60.7% in Jan 2026 after growing 135% in Jan 2025. Hong Kong hit a record 3.65M mainland arrivals in the same month. Singapore is flat. We trace the data across markets to understand the structural shift reshaping Asian hotel demand.
· HotelInsight Research · Market Intelligence
China's 155M outbound trips in 2025 are back to 2019 levels — but the map has been redrawn. Vietnam surpassed Thailand as China's top SE Asian destination (+44.3% YoY). Malaysia grew +38.8%. Japan crashed -60% after a formal government travel warning on Nov 14, 2025. Thailand fell -32% on safety concerns. Here is the full redistribution story.
· HotelInsight Research · Market Intelligence
Hong Kong added 6,585 hotel rooms from 2021 to 2025 (+7.6%), but the pace collapsed to just 550 rooms in all of 2025 (+0.6%). Simultaneously, mainland Chinese arrivals hit a record 3.65 million in a single month. With supply growth stalled and demand accelerating, HK hotels are in their strongest pricing environment since 2018. District-level occupancy data confirms: Yau Ma Tei/Mong Kok at 96%, New Territories at 94%, all of Kowloon above 90%.
· HotelInsight Research · Market Intelligence
Tokyo's registered minpaku (short-term rental) properties grew from 7,527 (April 2024) to 12,576 (August 2025) — up 67.1% in 16 months. More striking: foreign guests now account for 86.8% of all Tokyo minpaku guests, up from 73.2% in April 2024. Japan's STR market is not serving domestic travelers — it is competing directly with hotels for international visitors. What does 25,000 effective room-equivalents operating outside the hotel yield management system mean for Tokyo's competitive landscape?
· HotelInsight Research · Market Intelligence
Q4 2025 data from the Japan Tourism Agency shows Singapore visitors spent a record ¥373,312 per person per trip — with shopping (¥142,735) surpassing accommodation (¥135,667) for the first time ever. The weak yen is not just drawing more Singaporeans to Japan; it is fundamentally changing how much they spend and what they spend it on.
· HotelInsight Team · Market Intelligence
KTO's monthly hotel data for Seoul reveals a striking performance gap between star classes. August 2025: 5-star RevPAR 342,275 KRW ($249 USD), Budget RevPAR 67,939 KRW ($49). But by November, 5-star RevPAR collapses 39% to 209,636 KRW while Budget drops only 31%. Budget hotels maintain higher occupancy in shoulder season (83.4% vs 73%). The year-over-year story: 5-star RevPAR grew 13.2% from Aug 2024 to Aug 2025, driven by K-culture premium tourism.
· HotelInsight Research · Market Intelligence
Japan's 45M+ visitor year saw accommodation's share of inbound spending reach a record 40.1%. UK visitors led at ¥188,063 per trip on accommodation; Vietnam emerges as surprise premium accommodation market at 56% share.
· HotelInsight Research · Market Intelligence
