6-22  Number of Foreigner Tourists by Country
(person)
Country 1995 2000 2005 2008 2009 2010 2011 2012
                 
Total 304280 480090 1247842 2065007 2411857 2778699 3123264 3422261
Asia 220757 377862 1030169 1672854 1937940 2159102 2294655 2457852
    India 2762 6759 16369 18537 23932 28861 29010
    Indonesia 3378 6319 6881 11004 17258 24835 29759 30022
    Japan 81071 132619 278170 435123 541095 566511 524594 482360
    Malaysia 5581 10700 22534 37109 31949 40230 55282 62954
    Mongolia 851 1155 3671 6603 7064 8869 10550
    Philippines 14015 14906 16327 21953 28344 42487 45599 40721
    Singapore 9275 16182 25509 46777 66516 70126 86383 99630
    Republic of Korea 98568 183567 640056 1050839 1151567 1292880 1387535 1533199
    Thailand 1781 2545 7281 10837 13449 13387 17400 18006
Africa 1501 3819 7666 10384 15843 24621 26152
Europe 36510 47999 109671 194240 240604 331858 433962 517852
    United Kingdom 4515 6812 17295 38314 40337 62730 82692 99127
    Germany 8207 9065 22459 36519 44299 63694 83803 93166
    France 3669 6137 13794 24471 29038 40839 52925 67685
    Italy 2333 3805 9004 17489 20394 24532 32443 34538
    Netherlands 1436 1750 3008 6036 6289 6376 10302 8569
    Sweden 877 1573 3162 5888 8066 8498 10970 12157
    Switzerland 843 1053 2435 7320 7860 8358 10365 10135
    Russia 10566 8926 19484 28583 44262 63036 86748 103432
America 29012 40786 73303 133109 151538 191175 252620 290059
    Canada 4900 7008 13513 25125 33044 39869 51624 56435
    United States 23273 31994 54510 98870 104385 133305 178310 198638
Oceanic 3853 8009 15393 37107 48476 58310 83773 97920
    Australia 3046 5956 10643 26887 33625 40738 56523 62649
    New Zealand 519 1183 2369 7568 11566 12588 20270 20690
Others 14148 3933 15487 20031 22799 22311 33982 32426