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