18-23 Number of Oversea Visitor Arrivals by Country/Region | |||||||
(10 000 person-times) | |||||||
Region | 1995 | 2000 | 2005 | 2006 | 2007 | 2008 | 2009 |
Total | 588.67 | 1016.04 | 2025.51 | 2221.03 | 2610.97 | 2432.53 | 2193.75 |
Asia | 338.26 | 610.15 | 1249.99 | 1358.82 | 1606.12 | 1455.10 | 1377.93 |
Korea, D.P.Rep. | 6.64 | 7.64 | 12.58 | 11.01 | 11.37 | 10.18 | 10.56 |
India | 4.50 | 12.09 | 35.65 | 40.51 | 46.25 | 43.66 | 44.89 |
Indonesia | 13.28 | 22.06 | 37.76 | 43.30 | 47.71 | 42.63 | 46.90 |
Japan | 130.52 | 220.15 | 339.00 | 374.59 | 397.75 | 344.61 | 331.75 |
Malaysia | 25.18 | 44.10 | 89.96 | 91.06 | 106.20 | 104.05 | 105.90 |
Mongolia | 26.19 | 39.91 | 64.20 | 63.12 | 68.20 | 70.53 | 57.67 |
Philippines | 21.97 | 36.39 | 65.40 | 70.42 | 83.30 | 79.53 | 74.89 |
Singapore | 26.15 | 39.94 | 75.59 | 82.79 | 92.20 | 87.58 | 88.95 |
Republic of Korea | 52.95 | 134.47 | 354.53 | 392.40 | 477.71 | 396.04 | 319.75 |
Thailand | 17.33 | 24.11 | 58.63 | 59.20 | 61.16 | 55.43 | 54.18 |
Africa | 4.08 | 6.56 | 23.80 | 29.38 | 37.91 | 37.84 | 40.12 |
Europe | 159.06 | 248.90 | 479.14 | 527.96 | 621.68 | 612.33 | 459.11 |
United Kingdom | 18.49 | 28.39 | 49.96 | 55.26 | 60.51 | 55.15 | 52.88 |
Germany | 16.65 | 23.91 | 45.49 | 50.06 | 55.67 | 52.89 | 51.85 |
France | 11.85 | 18.50 | 37.20 | 40.22 | 46.34 | 43.00 | 42.48 |
Italy | 6.37 | 7.78 | 19.70 | 19.53 | 21.52 | 19.44 | 19.14 |
Netherlands | 3.49 | 7.60 | 14.58 | 16.78 | 19.41 | 18.09 | 16.69 |
Portugal | 2.56 | 2.28 | 4.38 | 4.45 | 4.83 | 4.39 | 4.36 |
Sweden | 3.52 | 5.36 | 11.03 | 12.96 | 14.51 | 13.77 | 12.58 |
Switzerland | 3.43 | 3.07 | 5.14 | 5.79 | 6.46 | 6.34 | 6.26 |
Russia | 48.93 | 108.02 | 222.39 | 240.51 | 300.39 | 312.34 | 174.3 |
Latin America | 5.37 | 8.29 | 16.05 | 19.58 | 24.26 | 26.03 | 23.10 |
North America | 64.36 | 113.28 | 198.53 | 221.00 | 256.15 | 232.12 | 226.01 |
Canada | 12.88 | 23.66 | 42.98 | 49.91 | 57.72 | 53.47 | 55.03 |
United States | 51.49 | 89.62 | 155.55 | 171.03 | 190.12 | 178.64 | 170.98 |
Oceanic and Pacific | 15.85 | 28.18 | 57.36 | 63.86 | 72.85 | 68.88 | 67.24 |
Islands | |||||||
Australia | 12.94 | 23.41 | 48.3 | 53.81 | 60.74 | 57.15 | 56.15 |
New Zealand | 2.29 | 3.76 | 7.84 | 8.86 | 10.87 | 10.52 | 10.04 |
Others | 1.69 | 0.68 | 0.65 | 0.43 | 0.31 | 0.23 | 0.22 |