According to a report by the Japan Tourism Agency, the total transaction amount for major travel agencies in June was 430,619 million yen, up 3.7% from the same month last year. Domestic travel was down 0.7% to 233,167 million yen. While group travel was strong, individual package tours, especially to Okinawa, were sluggish, resulting in a slight decrease. Overseas travel was up 7.3% to 178,818 million yen. Korea continued to be popular from the previous month. Travel by foreigners was up 34.6% to 18,634 million yen. Individual travel was strong, mainly in the European, American and Australian markets. 24 of the 49 companies exceeded the same month last year.