Travelco Announces Popular Travel Destinations Ranking for Summer 2026

Travelco (https://www.tour.ne.jp/), a travel comparison site operated by Open Door Inc. (Headquarters: Minato-ku, Tokyo; President: Daisuke Sekine), has released its "Overseas/Domestic Popular Travel Destinations Ranking" for the summer vacation period of July–August 2026, based on search data from the site.

[Overseas] Clear shift in demand toward short-haul Asian destinations due to fuel surcharge revisions. According to search data from May, demand for short-haul Asian regions has grown overall. Comparing May—when fuel surcharges were significantly increased—to April, a clear shift in demand is evident. While mid-to-long-haul routes such as Honolulu and Los Angeles were popular in April due to rush demand before the revision, Taipei rose from 3rd to 2nd, Busan from 7th to 6th, and Hong Kong from 12th to 9th in May.

[Domestic] Demand expands with Nagano at 126% and Shizuoka at 112% year-on-year. In the domestic ranking, the number of searches for Nagano Prefecture was 126% and Shizuoka Prefecture was 112% compared to the same period last year, both significantly outperforming the previous year. Common factors for both prefectures include convenience with short access times from the Tokyo metropolitan area and a series of new hotel openings and large-scale renovations. Nagano attracts demand as a "cool mountain resort," while Shizuoka captures interest as a "marine resort" for marine leisure activities.