| 16-14 Number of Foreigner Tourists(by Country) | |||||||
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| Country | 1990 | 1995 | 2000 | 2001 | 2005 | 2006 | 2007 |
| Total | 68855 | 304280 | 480090 | 592413 | 1247842 | 1560436 | 2020311 |
| Asia | 38268 | 220757 | 377862 | 480304 | 1030169 | 1281818 | 1652988 |
| India | 777 | 2762 | 3592 | 6759 | 8679 | 13387 | |
| Indonesia | 3378 | 6319 | 7393 | 6881 | 7768 | 10741 | |
| Japan | 26535 | 81071 | 132619 | 166995 | 278170 | 343681 | 401345 |
| Malaysia | 5581 | 10700 | 14332 | 22534 | 28200 | 30207 | |
| Mongolia | 851 | 460 | 1155 | 1869 | 2697 | ||
| Philippines | 414 | 14015 | 14906 | 15354 | 16327 | 14561 | 20844 |
| Singapore | 1544 | 9275 | 16182 | 15440 | 25509 | 35372 | 42799 |
| Republic of Korea | 7657 | 98568 | 183567 | 243889 | 640056 | 809953 | 1087905 |
| Thailand | 1123 | 1781 | 2545 | 3486 | 7281 | 6979 | 10473 |
| Africa | 1501 | 1333 | 3819 | 4232 | 5910 | ||
| Europe | 11641 | 36510 | 47999 | 55447 | 109671 | 143061 | 184869 |
| United Kingdom | 1660 | 4515 | 6812 | 7868 | 17295 | 26096 | 34928 |
| Germany | 4256 | 8207 | 9065 | 10004 | 22459 | 29337 | 33609 |
| France | 1786 | 3669 | 6137 | 6310 | 13794 | 18331 | 23369 |
| Italy | 1647 | 2333 | 3805 | 3453 | 9004 | 10351 | 17487 |
| Netherlands | 292 | 1436 | 1750 | 2152 | 3008 | 4017 | 5365 |
| Sweden | 219 | 877 | 1573 | 1754 | 3162 | 3526 | 5972 |
| Switzerland | 309 | 843 | 1053 | 1431 | 2435 | 3039 | 4624 |
| Russia | 896 | 10566 | 8926 | 11542 | 19484 | 27661 | 33614 |
| America | 12757 | 29012 | 40786 | 44635 | 73303 | 95883 | 132046 |
| Canada | 3269 | 4900 | 7008 | 8438 | 13513 | 16186 | 23059 |
| United States | 9433 | 23273 | 31994 | 33636 | 54510 | 74738 | 102051 |
| Oceanic | 951 | 3853 | 8009 | 7821 | 15393 | 21088 | 29228 |
| Australia | 800 | 3046 | 5956 | 5598 | 10643 | 15633 | 21493 |
| New Zealand | 151 | 519 | 1183 | 1406 | 2369 | 3589 | 5193 |
| Others | 5238 | 14148 | 3933 | 2873 | 15487 | 14354 | 15610 |