18-22 Number of Oversea Visitor Arrivals by Country/Region
(10 000 person-times)
Region 1995 2000 2005 2007 2008 2009 2010
               
  Total 588.67 1016.04 2025.51 2610.97 2432.53 2193.75 2612.69
  Asia 338.26 610.15 1249.99 1606.12 1455.10 1377.93 1617.86
      Korea, D.P.Rep. 6.64 7.64 12.58 11.37 10.18 10.56 11.64
      India 4.50 12.09 35.65 46.25 43.66 44.89 54.93
      Indonesia 13.28 22.06 37.76 47.71 42.63 46.90 57.34
      Japan 130.52 220.15 339.00 397.75 344.61 331.75 373.12
      Malaysia 25.18 44.10 89.96 106.20 104.05 105.90 124.52
      Mongolia 26.19 39.91 64.20 68.20 70.53 57.67 79.44
      Philippines 21.97 36.39 65.40 83.30 79.53 74.89 82.83
      Singapore 26.15 39.94 75.59 92.20 87.58 88.95 100.37
      Republic of Korea 52.95 134.47 354.53 477.71 396.04 319.75 407.64
      Thailand 17.33 24.11 58.63 61.16 55.43 54.18 63.55
  Africa 4.08 6.56 23.80 37.91 37.84 40.12 46.36
  Europe 159.06 248.90 479.14 621.68 612.33 459.11 569.79
      United Kingdom 18.49 28.39 49.96 60.51 55.15 52.88 57.50
      Germany 16.65 23.91 45.49 55.67 52.89 51.85 60.86
      France 11.85 18.50 37.20 46.34 43.00 42.48 51.27
      Italy 6.37 7.78 19.70 21.52 19.44 19.14 22.92
      Netherlands 3.49 7.60 14.58 19.41 18.09 16.69 18.91
      Portugal 2.56 2.28 4.38 4.83 4.39 4.36 4.77
      Sweden 3.52 5.36 11.03 14.51 13.77 12.58 15.45
      Switzerland 3.43 3.07 5.14 6.46 6.34 6.26 7.43
      Russia 48.93 108.02 222.39 300.39 312.34 174.3 237.03
  Latin America 5.37 8.29 16.05 24.26 26.03 23.10 30.05
  North America 64.36 113.28 198.53 256.15 232.12 226.01 269.49
      Canada 12.88 23.66 42.98 57.72 53.47 55.03 68.53
      United States 51.49 89.62 155.55 190.12 178.64 170.98 200.96
  Oceanic and Pacific 15.85 28.18 57.36 72.85 68.88 67.24 78.93
     Islands                
      Australia 12.94 23.41 48.3 60.74 57.15 56.15 66.13
      New Zealand 2.29 3.76 7.84 10.87 10.52 10.04 11.61
  Others 1.69 0.68 0.65 0.31 0.23 0.22 0.21