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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
