17-16 Number of Foreigner Tourists(by Country)
(person)
Region 1990 1995 2000 2001 2005 2006
             
Total 68855 304280 480090 592413 1247842 1560436
 Asia 38268 220757 377862 480304 1030169 1281818
   India 777   2762 3592 6759 8679
   Indonesia   3378 6319 7393 6881 7768
   Japan 26535 81071 132619 166995 278170 343681
   Malaysia   5581 10700 14332 22534 28200
   Mongolia     851 460 1155 1869
   Philippines 414 14015 14906 15354 16327 14561
   Singapore 1544 9275 16182 15440 25509 35372
   Republic of Korea 7657 98568 183567 243889 640056 809953
   Thailand 1123 1781 2545 3486 7281 6979
 Africa     1501 1333 3819 4232
 Europe 11641 36510 47999 55447 109671 143061
   United Kingdom 1660 4515 6812 7868 17295 26096
   Germany 4256 8207 9065 10004 22459 29337
   France 1786 3669 6137 6310 13794 18331
   Italy 1647 2333 3805 3453 9004 10351
   Netherlands 292 1436 1750 2152 3008 4017
   Sweden 219 877 1573 1754 3162 3526
   Switzerland 309 843 1053 1431 2435 3039
   Russia 896 10566 8926 11542 19484 27661
 America 12757 29012 40786 44635 73303 95883
   Canada 3269 4900 7008 8438 13513 16186
   United States 9433 23273 31994 33636 54510 74378
 Oceanic 951 3853 8009 7821 15393 21088
   Australia 800 3046 5956 5598 10643 15633
   New Zealand 151 519 1183 1406 2369 3589
 Others 5238 14148 3933 2873 15487 14354