Travel & LeisureJapan regional airports rebound, but China visitor recovery slow
Business travelers and tourists from Taiwan boost operations at some sites
A regular charter flight from Taiwan is serviced at Japan's Koichi Airport. (Photo by Ryuichi Tomita)
MASAAKI MORIOKA, Nikkei staff writer
TOKYO -- Japan's regional airports are seeing a recovery in international travelers as foreign tourists flood the country, returning in fiscal 2023 to just over 60% of the total for pre-pandemic fiscal 2019, but an absence of visitors from China is a headwind on a full recovery.