On November 17, JTB announced the group's consolidated financial results for the April-September 2017 period. Sales increased 0.3% year-on-year to 657,850 million yen, operating profit increased 58.7% to 7,233 million yen, ordinary profit increased 60.3% to 9,801 million yen, and net profit increased 77.3% to 6,645 million yen, resulting in increased sales and profits. The overseas travel brand "Look JTB" is on a recovery trend, and the global business also performed well, which led to a turnaround from last year's sluggish growth. However, total sales for the entire travel business increased 0.1% to 585,170 million yen. Although "other businesses" and other businesses were strong, all three major divisions - domestic, overseas, and inbound travel - fell below the previous year's level. The figures reflect the impact of transferring MICE project sales from the travel business to "other businesses" from this fiscal year. By division, domestic travel sales were down 0.5% year-on-year in real terms to 303.4 billion yen. Although individual and group travel was affected by bad weather, product reforms proved successful and sales remained at the same level as the previous period. Corporate sales also remained at the same level as the previous period due to an expansion in educational trips. Overseas travel was down 3.1% year-on-year to 226.6 billion yen. Look performed well, increasing 2.5% year-on-year, thanks to the revival of European destinations and early sales of tours. Travel to Japan was down 1.2% year-on-year to 36.9 billion yen. FIT sales through the company's own website and sales partnerships were strong, but growth was sluggish due to a decrease in group travel from China and Taiwan.