| Number of Foreigner Tourists by Country | ||||||||
| (person) | ||||||||
| Country | 2000 | 2005 | 2010 | 2011 | 2012 | 2013 | 2014 | 2015 |
| Total | 480090 | 1247842 | 2778699 | 3123264 | 3422261 | 3273678 | 3256968 | 3358553 |
| Asia | 377862 | 1030169 | 2159102 | 2294655 | 2457852 | 2309149 | 2297202 | 2377625 |
| India | 2762 | 6759 | 23932 | 28861 | 29010 | 31113 | 30742 | 32543 |
| Indonesia | 6319 | 6881 | 24835 | 29759 | 30022 | 33275 | 29985 | 29906 |
| Japan | 132619 | 278170 | 566511 | 524594 | 482360 | 381054 | 353641 | 357727 |
| Malaysia | 10700 | 22534 | 40230 | 55282 | 62954 | 63466 | 59870 | 62694 |
| Mongolia | 851 | 1155 | 7064 | 8869 | 10550 | 11211 | 12060 | 12356 |
| Philippines | 14906 | 16327 | 42487 | 45599 | 40721 | 41097 | 34118 | 34364 |
| Singapore | 16182 | 25509 | 70126 | 86383 | 99630 | 94525 | 94270 | 95077 |
| Republic of Korea | 183567 | 640056 | 1292880 | 1387535 | 1533199 | 1496143 | 1518088 | 1580582 |
| Thailand | 2545 | 7281 | 13387 | 17400 | 18006 | 21601 | 21625 | 22422 |
| Africa | 1501 | 3819 | 15843 | 24621 | 26152 | 60911 | 52335 | 43580 |
| Europe | 47999 | 109671 | 331858 | 433962 | 517852 | 483604 | 471825 | 484332 |
| United Kingdom | 6812 | 17295 | 62730 | 82692 | 99127 | 86088 | 82902 | 82032 |
| Germany | 9065 | 22459 | 63694 | 83803 | 93166 | 87993 | 79758 | 80739 |
| France | 6137 | 13794 | 40839 | 52925 | 67685 | 71115 | 65805 | 66841 |
| Italy | 3805 | 9004 | 24532 | 32443 | 34538 | 35071 | 32505 | 34034 |
| Netherlands | 1750 | 3008 | 6376 | 10302 | 8569 | 7074 | 5997 | 6190 |
| Sweden | 1573 | 3162 | 8498 | 10970 | 12157 | 10480 | 8792 | 9018 |
| Switzerland | 1053 | 2435 | 8358 | 10365 | 10135 | 9908 | 10670 | 11031 |
| Russia | 8926 | 19484 | 63036 | 86748 | 103432 | 97171 | 98948 | 102785 |
| America | 40786 | 73303 | 191175 | 252620 | 290059 | 281332 | 270534 | 281514 |
| Canada | 7008 | 13513 | 39869 | 51624 | 56435 | 51458 | 47632 | 54636 |
| United States | 31994 | 54510 | 133305 | 178310 | 198638 | 199980 | 193175 | 196761 |
| Oceanic | 8009 | 15393 | 58310 | 83773 | 97920 | 91492 | 94719 | 93197 |
| Australia | 5956 | 10643 | 40738 | 56523 | 62649 | 56120 | 55602 | 57523 |
| New Zealand | 1183 | 2369 | 12588 | 20270 | 20690 | 16279 | 16947 | 17359 |
| Others | 3933 | 15487 | 22311 | 33982 | 32426 | 47252 | 73933 | 79161 |