South Korea Tourism Statistics 1995-2025
South Korea tourist spending for 2020 was 11.78 billion US dollars, a 53.74% decline from 2019.
- South Korea tourist spending for 2019 was 25.46 billion US dollars, a 10.18% increase from 2018.
- South Korea tourist spending for 2018 was 23.10 billion US dollars, a 34.54% increase from 2017.
- South Korea tourist spending for 2017 was 17.17 billion US dollars, a 17.93% decline from 2016.
| Country Rankings | |
|---|---|
| Country Name | Spending ($) |
| United States | $84.21B |
| France | $35.96B |
| Australia | $26.23B |
| UAE | $24.62B |
| Italy | $20.46B |
| Austria | $15.36B |
| Thailand | $15.36B |
| Qatar | $14.32B |
| Turkey | $13.77B |
| India | $13.41B |
| South Korea | $11.78B |
| Mexico | $11.45B |
| Japan | $11.40B |
| Netherlands | $10.93B |
| Portugal | $10.52B |
| Switzerland | $9.99B |
| Macao | $9.44B |
| Poland | $8.38B |
| Belgium | $7.45B |
| Greece | $6.19B |
| Saudi Arabia | $5.96B |
| Croatia | $5.63B |
| Russia | $4.96B |
| Egypt | $4.87B |
| Morocco | $4.51B |
| Luxembourg | $4.45B |
| Hungary | $4.22B |
| Ireland | $4.16B |
| Czech Republic | $3.89B |
| Indonesia | $3.53B |
| Malaysia | $3.39B |
| Vietnam | $3.23B |
| Brazil | $3.10B |
| Puerto Rico | $2.92B |
| Philippines | $2.77B |
| South Africa | $2.72B |
| Israel | $2.66B |
| Lebanon | $2.37B |
| Ethiopia | $2.28B |
| Norway | $2.20B |
| Colombia | $1.96B |
| Panama | $1.84B |
| Bulgaria | $1.79B |
| Finland | $1.76B |
| Jordan | $1.75B |
| Argentina | $1.70B |
| Romania | $1.61B |
| Costa Rica | $1.48B |
| Serbia | $1.42B |
| Slovenia | $1.42B |
| Maldives | $1.41B |
| Slovak Republic | $1.30B |
| Albania | $1.24B |
| Cuba | $1.15B |
| Cambodia | $1.12B |
| Uruguay | $1.09B |
| Aruba | $1.08B |
| Sri Lanka | $1.08B |
| Chile | $1.03B |
| Bahamas | $1.01B |
| Tunisia | $1.01B |
| Peru | $1.00B |
| Iraq | $955.00M |
| Estonia | $865.00M |
| Pakistan | $765.00M |
| El Salvador | $755.00M |
| Bahrain | $724.00M |
| Ecuador | $705.00M |
| Ukraine | $687.00M |
| Virgin Islands (U.S.) | $686.00M |
| Oman | $669.00M |
| Cyprus | $663.00M |
| Kazakhstan | $589.00M |
| Georgia | $586.00M |
| Belarus | $542.00M |
| Kuwait | $524.00M |
| Mauritius | $518.00M |
| Uganda | $518.00M |
| Bosnia | $438.00M |
| Cameroon | $437.00M |
| Antigua and Barbuda | $416.00M |
| Uzbekistan | $395.00M |
| Moldova | $354.00M |
| Azerbaijan | $340.00M |
| Nigeria | $321.00M |
| Armenia | $303.00M |
| Guatemala | $298.50M |
| Curacao | $282.00M |
| North Macedonia | $253.00M |
| Bolivia | $243.00M |
| Sint Maarten (Dutch part) | $243.00M |
| Nepal | $238.00M |
| Fiji | $236.00M |
| Seychelles | $228.00M |
| Lao PDR | $227.00M |
| Bangladesh | $217.90M |
| Botswana | $217.00M |
| Rwanda | $212.00M |
| Madagascar | $202.00M |
| Kyrgyz Republic | $195.00M |
| Ghana | $191.00M |
| Honduras | $189.00M |
| Montenegro | $180.00M |
| Cabo Verde | $169.00M |
| Namibia | $155.00M |
| Trinidad and Tobago | $151.00M |
| Mozambique | $113.00M |
| Paraguay | $104.00M |
| Tajikistan | $102.40M |
| Bermuda | $94.00M |
| St. Vincent and the Grenadines | $85.00M |
| Bhutan | $84.00M |
| Afghanistan | $75.00M |
| Vanuatu | $67.00M |
| Zimbabwe | $66.00M |
| Gambia | $53.00M |
| Algeria | $50.00M |
| Mongolia | $49.00M |
| Tonga | $47.70M |
| Malawi | $35.00M |
| Samoa | $23.06M |
| Angola | $19.00M |
| Suriname | $19.00M |
| Comoros | $18.50M |
| Eswatini | $7.30M |
| Solomon Islands | $7.00M |
| Mauritania | $6.40M |
| Guinea | $1.29M |
