Japan - Travel services

Travel services (% of service imports, BoP)

Travel services (% of service imports, BoP) in Japan was 17.74 as of 2010. Its highest value over the past 33 years was 29.98 in 1995, while its lowest value was 12.11 in 1982.

Definition: Travel (% of service imports, BoP) covers goods and services acquired from an economy by travelers for their own use during visits of less than one year in that economy for either business or personal purposes. Services imports refer to economic output of intangible commodities that may be produced, transferred, and consumed at the same time. International transactions in services are defined by the International Monetary Fund's (IMF) Balance of Payments Manual (1993), but definitions may nevertheless vary among reporting economies.

Source: International Monetary Fund, Balance of Payments Statistics Yearbook and data files.

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Year Value
1977 12.16
1978 17.25
1979 17.59
1980 14.18
1981 12.60
1982 12.11
1983 13.08
1984 13.16
1991 27.64
1992 28.83
1993 27.88
1994 28.87
1995 29.98
1996 28.51
1997 26.74
1998 25.76
1999 28.46
2000 27.28
2001 24.51
2002 24.70
2003 25.97
2004 28.23
2005 27.98
2006 19.83
2007 17.63
2008 16.46
2009 16.94
2010 17.74

Travel services (% of service exports, BoP)

Travel services (% of service exports, BoP) in Japan was 9.35 as of 2010. Its highest value over the past 33 years was 11.54 in 2004, while its lowest value was 3.06 in 1981.

Definition: Travel (% of service exports, BoP) covers goods and services acquired from an economy by travelers for their own use during visits of less than one year in that economy for either business or personal purposes. Service exports refer to economic output of intangible commodities that may be produced, transferred, and consumed at the same time. International transactions in services are defined by the IMF's Balance of Payments Manual (1993), but definitions may nevertheless vary among reporting economies.

Source: International Monetary Fund, Balance of Payments Statistics Yearbook and data files.

See also:

Year Value
1977 3.57
1978 3.47
1979 3.44
1980 3.16
1981 3.06
1982 3.37
1983 3.81
1984 4.20
1991 7.66
1992 7.32
1993 6.67
1994 5.97
1995 4.94
1996 6.03
1997 6.25
1998 6.00
1999 5.63
2000 4.87
2001 5.12
2002 5.32
2003 11.40
2004 11.54
2005 11.28
2006 7.22
2007 7.24
2008 7.27
2009 8.05
2010 9.35

Classification

Topic: Economic Policy & Debt Indicators

Sub-Topic: Balance of payments