Tourism in South Korea

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The Deoksugung palace in Seoul, a popular visitor attraction
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Hyangwonjeong Pavilion in Gyeongbokgung Palace

Template:South Korean economy Tourism in South Korea and its industry caters to both foreign and domestic tourists.[1][2] The worldwide popularity of Korean popular culture, often known as the "Korean Wave" (i.e. Korean entertainment products such as K-pop, K-beauty and K-drama) has significantly increased tourist arrivals. Tourism has been encouraged by the government of South Korea.

South Korea has 16 World Heritage Sites, including Changdeokgung Palace, Namhansanseong and Hwaseong Fortress.[3] Seoul is the principal tourist destination for visitors; popular tourist destinations outside of Seoul include the major coastal city of Busan, the Seorak-san national park, the historic city of Gyeongju and subtropical Jeju Island.[4]

Korean tourism industry

Script error: No such module "Labelled list hatnote". Tourism has been encouraged by Korean government.[5] The worldwide popularity of Korean popular culture, often known as the "Korean Wave" (i.e. Korean entertainment products such as Korean dramas and K-pop) has significantly increased tourist arrivals.[5] Most non-Korean tourists come from East Asia and North America, such as China, Taiwan and the United States. In 2024, 16.37 million foreign tourists visited South Korea.[6]

The majority of the South Korean tourist industry is supported by domestic tourism. Thanks to the country's extensive network of trains and buses, most of the country lies within a day's round trip of any major city. International tourists come primarily from nearby countries or regions in Asia. Japan, mainland China, Hong Kong and Taiwan together account for roughly 75% of the total number of international tourists.[7] In addition, the Korean Wave has brought increasing numbers of tourists from Southeast Asia and India. The Korea Tourism Organization (KTO) is targeting 100,000 arrivals from India in 2013.[8]

South Korean domestic tourism

Script error: No such module "Labelled list hatnote". The number of Korean domestic tourists has increased since 2010. The number of people who participated in domestic travel (which includes one-day trips) was about 238.3 million (in 2015), increased by 4.9% compared to 2014 (227.1 million).[9] In 2014, Korean's domestic tourism expenditure was ₩14.4 trillion.[10]

Also, Korean overseas tourist numbers have been increasing since 2010. From 2012 to 2014, the number of South Koreans travelling overseas has risen by about 8.2% on average. In 2014, number of Korean overseas tourists was about 16.1 million. And Korean overseas tourism expenditure was $19,469.9 million.[11]

Statistics

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Yearly tourist arrivals in millions[12]
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In 2019, the contribution of travel and tourism to the Korean GDP was up 4.2% of the total economy (₩ 81.4 billion). Which accounted for 4.8% of total employment (1.3%). The impact of international visitors accounted for ₩ 26.5 billion (World Travel and Tourism Council).[13]

Spending habits include:

  • Leisure spending 82% vs. Business spending 18%
  • Domestic spending 55% vs. International spending 45%[14]

Arrivals

Visitors arriving to South Korea for tourism by nationality:[15]

Country 4/2025 2024 2023 2022 2021 2020 2019 2018
Template:Flagcountry 1,565,399 4,603,273 2,019,424 227,358 170,215 686,430 6,023,021 4,789,512
Template:Flagcountry 1,040,414 3,224,079 2,316,429 296,867 15,265 430,742 3,271,706 2,948,527
Template:Flagcountry 547,079 1,473,908 960,607 72,925 4,130 166,716 1,260,493 1,115,333
Template:Flagcountry 432,205 1,320,108 1,086,415 543,648 204,025 220,417 1,044,038 967,992
Template:Flagcountry 194,795 516,760 342,819 199,845 116,233 115,696 503,867 460,168
Template:Flagcountry 183,169 571,418 403,984 61,195 1,258 88,878 694,934 683,818
Template:Flagcountry 181,901 511,420 420,688 185,061 22,946 81,939 553,731 457,818
Template:Flagcountry 120,995 336,185 250,249 106,750 46,563 66,762 278,575 249,067
Template:Flagcountry 109,676 323,856 379,442 179,259 8,319 76,568 571,610 558,912
Template:Flagcountry 107,383 375,428 347,814 165,272 7,525 18,009 246,142 231,897
Template:Flagcountry 106,940 300,836 259,872 70,449 4,488 48,550 408,590 382,929
Template:Country data Australia 88,902 244,338 198,604 65,502 3,503 23,172 173,218 153,133
Template:Country data Canada 84,217 254,332 201,849 93,064 29,795 34,734 196,153 194,259
Template:Flagcountry 69,519 197,198 158,775 60,019 32,897 73,086 343,057 302,542
Template:Country data Germany 59,831 157,185 132,720 65,107 20,038 22,254 120,730 115,789
Template:Country data India 59,647 176,668 122,771 64,829 31,338 33,830 143,367 119,791
Template:Country data Mongolia 54,494 141,902 135,216 62,670 5,769 21,476 113,599 113,864
Template:Country data United Kingdom 54,479 147,493 121,376 44,806 8,974 20,419 143,676 130,977
Template:Country data France 51,269 164,508 133,406 62,619 15,700 19,371 110,794 100,096
Template:Country data Myanmar 26,549 76,334 56,717 65,957 56,728 43,406 73,722 71,094
Template:Country data Mexico 25,338 57,888 22,141 8,676 3,472 5,726 30,481 25,192
Template:Country data Uzbekistan 21,732 59,501 52,480 36,195 13,674 15,773 88,276 82,984
Template:Country data Italy 20,979 63,423 47,631 18,138 4,091 6,455 52,894 46,546
Template:Country data Kazakhstan 20,603 54,893 46,874 30,273 7,212 10,240 52,966 52,859
Template:Country data Cambodia 20,215 48,084 40,935 24,901 5,414 10,725 41,734 33,395
Template:Country data Nepal 18,207 40,507 37,344 27,168 2,457 6,430 26,313 25,926
Template:Country data Turkey 17,396 46,027 31,748 18,051 5,323 6,560 31,293 29,558
Template:Country data Netherlands 17,273 55,038 49,225 25,651 13,434 12,521 39,138 37,134
Template:Country data Poland 15,445 43,539 29,192 11,732 4,114 5,563 23,913 21,971
Template:Country data New Zealand 14,563 42,177 39,956 15,722 1,660 6,598 38,954 34,205
Template:Country data Spain 13,800 47,031 34,508 14,367 2,719 3,649 30,656 27,314
Template:Country data Brazil 12,981 33,292 22,854 8,609 1,683 3,954 23,788 19,745
Template:Country data Laos 11,764 19,569 11,911 4,168 379 1,450 12,816 11,924
Template:Country data Macau 11,272 45,338 27,528 440 36 5,905 52,462 52,831
Template:Country data Sri Lanka 9,854 27,666 21,404 15,437 4,057 5,070 18,338 17,901
Template:Country data Switzerland 8,334 25,819 20,217 8,069 1,496 1,884 17,847 18,103
Template:Country data Bangladesh 8,135 23,959 19,888 15,274 2,946 4,530 17,952 16,151
Template:Country data Ukraine 7,516 22,414 15,976 13,305 14,206 11,568 27,667 25,608
Template:Country data Sweden 6,459 20,837 18,974 7,455 1,525 2,188 19,709 19,503
Template:Country data Israel 6,236 14,789 13,425 6,266 1,039 1,445 17,102 15,328
Template:Country data Belgium 6,176 19,626 16,878 7,728 2,148 2,497 14,539 12,499
Template:Country data Romania 6,092 16,017 11,785 5,872 3,295 3,200 12,781 11,372
Template:Country data South Africa 6,013 16,553 12,646 5,516 1,195 3,143 13,144 11,795
Template:Country data Austria 5,140 15,660 13,053 6,556 1,920 2,397 12,570 12,635
Template:Country data Pakistan 4,981 15,842 12,197 9,511 2,564 3,603 13,721 14,188
Template:Country data Portugal 4,898 13,919 9,536 3,827 1400 1,856 11,425 10,794
Template:Country data Denmark 4,852 15,730 13,564 6,138 1,396 2,059 13,453 12,044
Template:Country data Finland 4,627 13,895 12,668 5,511 2,861 3,033 13,912 14,372
Template:Country data Saudi Arabia 4,589 22,651 17,349 8,491 1,098 1,716 14,158 11,553
Template:Country data Ireland 4,481 12,317 9,244 3,962 875 1,631 10,211 8,723
Template:Country data Norway 4,295 12,192 10,690 4,574 921 1,507 11,770 13,615
Template:Country data Colombia 4,172 11,374 6,643 2,654 570 975 7,384 5,876
Template:Country data Czech Republic 3,994 10,681 8,808 3,118 726 2,536 11,527 10,759
Template:Country data Kyrgyzstan 3,958 10,691 8,404 5,388 2,115 1,439 7,659 7,305
Template:Country data Greece 3,856 10,821 7,839 5,586 3,317 3,038 9,756 9,290
Template:Country data Ethiopia 3,461 10,813 8,209 4,895 3,686 3,004 7,107 4,280
Template:Country data Argentina 3,403 7,236 4,883 1,691 354 969 5,153 4,832
Template:Country data Hungary 2,985 8,843 7,413 3,356 998 1,154 6,178 4,754
Template:Country data Bulgaria 2,863 6,494 4,547 3,176 1,833 1,651 6,536 6,079
Template:Country data Chile 2,719 7,035 6,050 1,944 254 1,035 5,944 5,149
Template:Country data Brunei 2,433 7,212 6,700 1,447 112 723 6,795 4,876
Template:Country data United Arab Emirates 2,410 8,946 7,402 4,736 1,429 1,460 13,226 11,427
Template:Country data Croatia 2,187 6,112 3,928 2,469 1,594 2,047 5,962 6,083
Template:Country data Egypt 2,037 6,454 5,643 3,773 1,907 1,507 5,833 7,630
Template:Country data Tajikistan 1,920 6,120 5,846 3,619 1,405 828 4,489 2,863
Template:Country data Morocco 1,380 4,690 3,944 2,486 737 1,085 5,009 4,284
Total 5,577,360 16,369,629 11,031,665 3,198,017 967,003 2,519,118 17,502,756 15,346,879

Total tourist numbers

Year Number of international visitor
arriving in S. Korea		 % change from
previous year
2003 4,752,762 -11.1
2004 5,818,138 +22.4
2005 6,022,752 +3.5
2006 6,155,046 +2.2
2007 6,448,240 +4.8
2008 6,890,841 +6.9
2009 7,817,533 +13.4
2010 8,797,658 +12.5
2011 9,794,796 +11.3
2012 11,140,028 +13.7
2013 12,175,550 +9.3
2014 14,201,516 +16.6
2015 13,231,651 -6.8
2016 17,241,823 +30.3
2017 13,335,758 -22.7
2018 15,346,879 +15.1
2019 17,502,756 +14.0
2020 2,519,118 -85.6
2021 967,003 -61.6
2022 3,198,017 +230.71
2023 11,031,665 +244.95
2024 16,369,629 +48.4

China

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Chinese tourists to South Korea and year-on-year rate. From March 2017, tourists plummeted in retaliation for the installation of THAAD.

China has been South Korea's largest tourism source for years. In 2016, visitors from China made up 46.8% of tourists in South Korea. However China imposed a group tour ban after the US military deployed the Terminal High Altitude Area Defense (THAAD) system in South Korea. From April 2017, Chinese tourists plummeted by more than 60% compared to the previous year.[16][17] In 2020, the South Korean tourism industry made it a long-term goal to reduce its dependency on Chinese tourists.[18]

Japan

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Japan–South Korea tourist comparison from 2005

Since Lee Myung-bak's visit to the Liancourt Rocks and his demand for an apology from the Emperor of Japan over Japanese colonialism in Korea in 2012, the Japanese public's image of South Korea deteriorated significantly. Japanese tourists to South Korea halved from 3.5 million in 2012 to 1.8 million in 2015, while South Korean tourists to Japan doubled from 2 million in 2012 to 4 million in 2015.[19][20][21]

Domestic tourism

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Year Number of domestic tourist per year[22][23][24]
2015 38,307,303
2014 38,027,454
2013 37,800,004
2012 36,914,067
2011 35,013,090
2010 30,916,690
2009 31,201,294

Destinations in Korea

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South Korea's historical tourist attractions include the ancient capitals of Seoul, Gyeongju and Buyeo.

Some natural landmarks include the peaks of the Baekdudaegan, particularly Seorak-san and Jiri-san, the caves of Danyang and Hwanseongul, and beaches such as Haeundae and Mallipo.

Apart from Jeju island, there are many smaller islands. Excursion ferries are quite common along the south and west coasts and also to Ulleung-do Island, off the east coast. Limited tourism mainly by South Koreans to the Liancourt Rocks (Dokdo) has grown in recent years as a result of the political status of the rocks.

Many local districts hold annual festivals, such as the Boryeong Mud Festival and the Cheongdo Bullfighting Festival.

Number of Tourist by Travel Destination 2015[23]
Administrative divisions Number of tourist
Seoul 12,451,891
Busan 7,158,553
Daegu 3,163,161
Incheon 4,407,063
Gwangju 2,135,332
Daejeon 2,984,929
Ulsan 1,632,410
Sejong 333,329
Gyeonggi Province 15,451,755
Gangwon Province 11,559,005
North Chungcheong Province 5,141,110
South Chungcheong Province 9,944,616
North Jeolla Province 6,760,830
South Jeolla Province 8,063,538
North Gyeongsang Province 8,822,201
South Gyeongsang Province 8,479,567
Jeju Special Self-governing Province 4,732,494

Major tourist destinations

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Seoul

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Gyeongbokgung Palace
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Bukchon Hanok Village
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Deoksugung Palace

In addition, people in South Korea come to Seoul to enjoy various cultural activities.[25] Due to the metropolitan area centralization of the cultural infrastructure, there is a cultural gap between Seoul and other regions.[26] According to the Ministry of Culture, Sports and Tourism, 36.4 percent of the total cultural infrastructure such as public library, museum, and art galleries are concentrated in Seoul. Therefore, many people in South Korea travel to Seoul.

The Seoul Trail is a walking trail that goes around the city.[27][28]

Busan

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Haeundae Beach in Busan
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Haedong Yonggungsa

Busan is the second largest city in South Korea. It is located in the southeastern coast in Korea, so Busan has abundant tourist attractions such as beach and hot spring. People in South Korea visit beaches in Busan in hot summer. Also, there are various festivals in Busan. 11 festivals are held annually, including local festivals and art events. Busan sea festival is held every August and Busan International Film Festival is held every October. Jagalchi Cultural Festival is developed into a representative cultural tourism festival in Korea. Because of these various festivals and places, many people travel to Busan. Also, the influence of Social Network Service made Busan a popular tourist attraction. The official Facebook of the Busan Culture and Tourism Ministry and official blog sites promote the tourist attractions in Busan.

Daegu

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Daegu Metro Line 3

Incheon

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Songdo in Incheon
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Incheon International Airport

Gwangju

Daejeon

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Uam Historic Park
  • Hanbat Arboretum
  • Yuseong Hot Springs
  • Expo Park
  • Daejeon Museum of Art

Gyeonggi Province

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Hwaseong Fortress in Suwon

Gangwon Province

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Seoraksan in Gangwon Province
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Gyeongpo Lake in Gangneung
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Sokcho

Byeolmaro Observatory, Donggang Photo Museum, Bongraesan Mountain. Hanbando terrain in Soyanggang River

  • Taebaek — Taebaek Mountain, Manggyeongsa Temple, Taebaek Mountains Literature Park, Hwangji Pond
  • Cheolwon — Cheorwon Peace Observatory, Memorial Tower of the Baekma Goji (Korean War)
  • Hoengseong — Seong Sammum's Tomb, Noeundan, Baekyasa
  • Inje —
  • Yanggu —
  • Hwacheon —

North Chungcheong Province

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Beopjusa Temple in Boeun

South Chungcheong Province

North Jeolla Province

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Hanok Village in Jeonju
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Mireuksa Temple Site in Iksan
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Nagan Eupseong Folk Village in Suncheon

South Jeolla Province

North Gyeongsang Province

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Bulguksa Temple in Gyeongju
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Seokguram in Gyeongju

South Gyeongsang Province

Jeju Special Self-governing Province

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Mount Halla in Jeju Island
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Cheonjiyeon Waterfall in Jeju Island

Events

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See also

References

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