19-4 Number of Oversea Visitor Arrivals by Country/Region | |||||||||||
(10 000 person-times) | |||||||||||
Region | 1995 | 1998 | 1999 | 2000 | 2001 | 2002 | 2003 | 2004 | 2005 | 2006 | |
Total | 588.67 | 710.77 | 843.23 | 1016.04 | 1122.64 | 1343.95 | 1140.29 | 1693.25 | 2025.51 | 2221.03 | |
Asia | 338.26 | 400.06 | 499.27 | 610.15 | 686.42 | 851.89 | 726.08 | 1073.14 | 1249.99 | 1358.82 | |
Korea, D.P.Rep. | 6.64 | 6.12 | 6.98 | 7.64 | 7.71 | 7.93 | 7.71 | 11.21 | 12.58 | 11.01 | |
India | 4.50 | 6.57 | 8.42 | 12.09 | 15.94 | 21.36 | 21.91 | 30.94 | 35.65 | 40.51 | |
Indonesia | 13.28 | 10.46 | 18.29 | 22.06 | 22.42 | 27.47 | 23.18 | 34.98 | 37.76 | 43.30 | |
Japan | 130.52 | 157.21 | 185.52 | 220.15 | 238.57 | 292.56 | 225.48 | 333.43 | 339.00 | 374.59 | |
Malaysia | 25.18 | 30.01 | 37.29 | 44.10 | 46.86 | 59.24 | 43.01 | 74.19 | 89.96 | 91.06 | |
Mongolia | 26.19 | 26.48 | 35.45 | 39.91 | 38.71 | 45.31 | 41.83 | 55.38 | 64.20 | 63.12 | |
Philippines | 21.97 | 25.65 | 29.83 | 36.39 | 40.80 | 50.86 | 45.77 | 54.94 | 65.40 | 70.42 | |
Singapore | 26.15 | 31.64 | 35.25 | 39.94 | 41.50 | 49.71 | 37.81 | 63.68 | 75.59 | 82.79 | |
Republic of Korea | 52.95 | 63.28 | 99.20 | 134.47 | 167.88 | 212.43 | 194.55 | 284.49 | 354.53 | 392.40 | |
Thailand | 17.33 | 14.43 | 20.64 | 24.11 | 29.84 | 38.63 | 27.54 | 46.42 | 58.63 | 59.20 | |
Africa | 4.08 | 5.43 | 5.21 | 6.56 | 7.32 | 9.85 | 10.42 | 17.34 | 23.80 | 29.38 | |
Europe | 159.06 | 187.33 | 211.27 | 248.90 | 268.38 | 294.86 | 260.00 | 377.71 | 479.14 | 527.96 | |
United Kingdom | 18.49 | 24.29 | 25.89 | 28.39 | 30.25 | 34.30 | 28.83 | 41.81 | 49.96 | 55.26 | |
Germany | 16.65 | 19.19 | 21.76 | 23.91 | 25.34 | 28.18 | 22.20 | 36.53 | 45.49 | 50.06 | |
France | 11.85 | 13.80 | 15.56 | 18.50 | 19.95 | 22.21 | 15.61 | 28.11 | 37.20 | 40.22 | |
Italy | 6.37 | 7.25 | 7.22 | 7.78 | 7.77 | 9.17 | 6.58 | 12.24 | 19.70 | 19.53 | |
Netherlands | 3.49 | 5.89 | 7.01 | 7.60 | 9.30 | 10.04 | 6.79 | 11.74 | 14.58 | 16.78 | |
Portugal | 2.56 | 3.85 | 4.02 | 2.28 | 2.68 | 3.61 | 3.01 | 3.95 | 4.38 | 4.45 | |
Sweden | 3.52 | 4.06 | 4.68 | 5.36 | 5.28 | 6.28 | 5.00 | 8.72 | 11.03 | 12.96 | |
Switzerland | 3.43 | 2.84 | 2.99 | 3.07 | 3.08 | 3.24 | 2.37 | 4.07 | 5.14 | 5.79 | |
Russia | 48.93 | 69.20 | 83.30 | 108.02 | 119.62 | 127.16 | 138.07 | 179.22 | 222.39 | 240.51 | |
Latin America | 5.37 | 7.46 | 7.59 | 8.29 | 7.45 | 9.66 | 8.01 | 13.25 | 16.05 | 19.58 | |
North America | 64.36 | 87.33 | 95.01 | 113.28 | 120.31 | 141.26 | 105.29 | 165.67 | 198.53 | 221.00 | |
Canada | 12.88 | 19.60 | 21.37 | 23.66 | 25.39 | 29.13 | 23.03 | 34.80 | 42.98 | 49.91 | |
United States | 51.49 | 67.73 | 73.64 | 89.62 | 94.92 | 112.12 | 82.25 | 130.86 | 155.55 | 171.03 | |
Oceanic and Pacific | 15.85 | 22.48 | 24.38 | 28.18 | 30.97 | 35.32 | 29.98 | 45.19 | 57.36 | 63.86 | |
Islands | |||||||||||
Australia | 12.94 | 18.64 | 20.35 | 23.41 | 25.51 | 29.13 | 24.54 | 37.63 | 48.3 | 53.81 | |
New Zealand | 2.29 | 3.00 | 3.14 | 3.76 | 4.44 | 5.02 | 4.34 | 6.46 | 7.84 | 8.86 | |
Others | 1.69 | 0.68 | 0.50 | 0.68 | 1.79 | 1.11 | 0.59 | 0.96 | 0.65 | 0.43 | |