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Luxury, hotel stocks all the rage as tourists flock to Japan
The Straits Times
|January 23, 2025
Japan's stock market is only now waking up to potential gains from record numbers of big-spending tourists.
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A growing number of companies, including a seller of vintage goods and a budget hotel chain, are poised for a strong 2025 as increased demand from foreigners boosts earnings outlooks.
Japan welcomed almost 37 million inbound visitors in 2024, data released last week by the Japan National Tourism Organisation showed. That is almost a third of the country's population.
Those numbers are set to increase to 40.2 million in 2025, driven by the weak yen and the World Expo 2025 in Osaka, travel agency JTB Corp predicts.
As equity markets prepare for an uncertain year under the Trump presidency in the US, Japan's tourism-related stocks appear to be a pretty safe bet.
Analysts see the benefits of increased tourism, already felt by department stores, spreading to more domestic stocks in 2025.
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