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How Was It For You, Hakuba?
2002/2003 Season

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In this report, we present the statistics from some of the main resorts in the Hakuba region of Nagano Prefecture.  As can be seen from the numbers, some of the resorts in the region saw a healthy increase in numbers from the previous season, while most of the other resorts kept a fairly steady number of guests.  The statistics are from November 2002 until May 2003, provided by Hakuba Village.


HAPPO-ONE
600,396
-1.4%
HAKUBA 47
209,604
+21.8%
HAKUBA GORYU
430,900
+7.8%
IWATAKE
237,255
-13.1%
HAKUBA SANOSAKA
65,798
-3.2%
HAKUBA HIGHLAND
25,114
+2.5%
MINEKATA
12,343
-2.2%

  

HAPPO-ONE

Month

Nov

Dec

Jan

Feb

Mar

Apr

May

Season

'99/'00

  166 115,793 220,079 245,817 177,973 29,757 28,108  

'00/'01

  0 94,069 163,850 215511 149,114 27,352   9,483
'01/'02   0 99,507 153,184 188,954 139,528 18,136   9,307
'02/'03   10,194 128,693 145,075 161,227 125,693 19,885   9,628

        

Season

TOTAL NUMBER
OF GUESTS

MONTHLY
ANALYSIS

YEAR ON YEAR
COMPARISON
Compared
to last season

YEAR ON YEAR
COMPARISON
Compared
to '
99/'00

    December 129.3%

111.1%

    January 94.7% 65.9%
    February 85.3% 65.6%

'99/'00

817,693 March 90.1% 70.6%

'00/'01

659,379

April

109.6% 66.8%

'01/'02

608,616

May

  103.4% --

'02/'03

600,396

SEASON

98.6% 73.4%


    

HAKUBA 47

Month

Nov

Dec

Jan

Feb

Mar

Apr

May

Season

'99/'00

0 41,148 64,341 51,210 52,083 16,608 8,527

'00/'01

0 31,575 43,221 48,864 47,623 17,868 8,272
'01/'02 0 19,980 38,916 42,620 48,922 16,293 5,301
'02/'03 24,669 50,639 35,047 37,202 38,873 16,394 6,780

        

Season

TOTAL NUMBER
OF GUESTS

MONTHLY
ANALYSIS

YEAR ON YEAR
COMPARISON
Compared
to last season

YEAR ON YEAR
COMPARISON
Compared
to '
99/'00

         December 253.4% 123.1%
          January 90.1% 54.5%
          February 87.3% 72.6%

'99/'00

233,917 March 79.5% 74.6%

'00/'01

197,423

April

100.6% 98.7%

'01/'02

172,032

May

127.9% --

'02/'03

209,604

SEASON

121.8% 89.6%

     

HAKUBA GORYU

Month

Nov

Dec

Jan

Feb

Mar

Apr

May

Season

'99/'00

290 82,030 151,950 140,570 122,950 13,130 5,690

'00/'01

0 68,510 108,430 127,280 104,270 12,970 5,340
'01/'02 0 63,600 103,180 112,180 104,360 10,560 5,990
'02/'03 7,920 96,850 104,180 108,830 99,560 8,590 4,970

        

Season

TOTAL NUMBER
OF GUESTS

MONTHLY
ANALYSIS

YEAR ON YEAR
COMPARISON
Compared
to last season

YEAR ON YEAR
COMPARISON
Compared
to '99/'00

         December 152.3% 118.1%
         January 101.0% 68.6%
         February 97.0% 77.4%

'99/'00

516610 March 95.5% 81.0%

'00/'01

426800

April

81.3% 65.4%

'01/'02

399870

May

83.0% 87.3%

'02/'03

430900

SEASON

107.8% 83.4%

   

IWATAKE

Month

Nov

Dec

Jan

Feb

Mar

Apr

May

Season

'99/'00

0 26,460 57,949 71,753 52,174 1,330 0

'00/'01

0 14,968 55,955 72,974 59,284 893 0
'01/'02 0 24,294 68,083 102,145 77,409 1,121 0
'02/'03 0 32,882 61,198 78,477 64,698 0 0

        

Season

TOTAL NUMBER
OF GUESTS

MONTHLY
ANALYSIS

YEAR ON YEAR
COMPARISON
Compared
to last season

YEAR ON YEAR
COMPARISON
Compared
to '99/'00

           December 135.4% 124.3%
        January 89.9% 105.6%
        February 76.8% 109.4%

'99/'00

209,666 March 83.6% 124.0%

'00/'01

204,074

April

-- --

'01/'02

273,052

May

-- --

'02/'03

237,255

SEASON

86.9% 113.2%

   

HAKUBA SANOSAKA

Month

Nov

Dec

Jan

Feb

Mar

Apr

May

Season

'99/'00

  

7,056

21,540

23,299 17,538 1,166   

'00/'01

  

3,943

19,908

21,251 13,584 952   
'01/'02    6,104 18,629 17,830 12,716 343   
'02/'03    9,224 21,569 18,090 16,535 380   

        

Season

TOTAL NUMBER
OF GUESTS

MONTHLY
ANALYSIS

YEAR ON YEAR
COMPARISON
Compared
to last season

YEAR ON YEAR
COMPARISON
Compared
to '
99/'00

    December

151.1%

130.7%
    January

115.8%

100.1%
    February 101.5% 77.6%

'99/'00

70,599 March 130.0% 94.3%

'00/'01

59,638

April

110.8%

32.6%

'01/'02

55,622

May

-- --

'02/'03

65,798

SEASON

96.8% 80.4%

   

HAKUBA HIGHLAND

Month

Nov

Dec

Jan

Feb

Mar

Apr

May

Season

'99/'00

  0 1,084 3,559 4,561 4,103 285 0  

'00/'01

  0 1,099 5,109 6,320 4,386 0   0
'01/'02   0 3,224 5,970 7,397 7,903 0   0
'02/'03   0 3,774 6,281 6,320 8,592 147   0

        

Season

TOTAL NUMBER
OF GUESTS

MONTHLY
ANALYSIS

YEAR ON YEAR
COMPARISON
Compared
to last season

YEAR ON YEAR
COMPARISON
Compared
to '
99/'00

     December 117.1% 348.2%
    January 105.2% 176.5%
    February 85.4% 138.6%

'99/'00

13,592 March 108.7% 209.4%

'00/'01

16,914

April

-- 51.6%

'01/'02

24,494

May

-- --

'02/'03

25,114

SEASON

102.5% 184.8%

     

MINEKATA

Month

Nov

Dec

Jan

Feb

Mar

Apr

May

Season

'99/'00

 0 1,335 4,265 4,535 3,802 0  0

'00/'01

 0 592 3,223 4,062 2,291 55
'01/'02  0 1,082 3,744 4,502 3,288 0  0
'02/'03  0 1,683 3,943 3,406 3,311 0  0

        

Season

TOTAL NUMBER
OF GUESTS

MONTHLY
ANALYSIS

YEAR ON YEAR
COMPARISON
Compared
to last season

YEAR ON YEAR
COMPARISON
Compared
to '99/'00

     December 155.5% 126.1%
      January 105.3% 92.5%
      February 75.7% 75.1%

'99/'00

13,937 March 100.7% 87.1%

'00/'01

10,223

April

-- --

'01/'02

12,616

May

-- --

'02/'03

12,343

SEASON

97.8% 88.6%

    
Coming up in the next report:
Statistics for the 2002/3 season from the Shiga Kogen region of Nagano Prefecture.

   



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