18-7 NUMBER OF FOREIGN TOURISTS BY COUNTRY

Unit:10 000 persons

 

 

 

 

Country

1990

1995

1997

1998

Total

174.73

588.67

742.80

710.77

Asia

91.52

338.26

428.17

400.06

Democratic People's Republic of Korea

2.79

6.64

7.14

6.12

India

1.43

4.50

6.05

6.57

Indonesia

2.69

13.28

14.73

10.46

Japan

46.33

130.52

158.17

157.21

Malaysia

3.68

25.18

36.13

30.01

Mongolia

1.79

26.19

34.29

26.48

the Philippines

7.89

21.97

27.67

25.65

Singapore

7.17

26.15

31.68

31.64

Republic of Korea

 

52.95

78.11

63.28

Thailand

6.79

17.33

16.85

14.43

Africa

1.17

4.08

4.91

5.43

Europe

44.63

159.06

201.83

181.33

United Kingdom

7.89

18.49

22.79

24.29

Federal Republic of Germany

5.62

16.65

18.47

19.19

France

5.07

11.85

13.13

13.80

Italy

2.63

6.37

6.51

7.25

Netherlands

1.38

3.49

5.23

5.89

Portugal

0.95

2.56

3.58

3.85

Sweden

1.05

3.52

3.85

4.06

Switzerland

1.15

3.43

3.03

2.84

Kazakhstan

 

9.92

9.49

9.60

Russia

10.98

48.93

81.37

69.20

Latin America

2.36

5.37

7.66

7.46

North America

28.08

64.36

79.05

87.33

Canada

4.76

12.88

17.41

19.60

United States

23.32

51.49

61.64

67.73

Oceanic and Pacific Islands

6.35

15.85

19.35

22.48

Australia

5.02

12.94

15.68

18.64

New Zealand

1.00

2.29

2.83

3.00

Others

0.62

1.69

1.83

0.68

 

 

 

 

 

a)The data of Russia in 1990 referred to the data of former USSR.