In 2017, South Korea had approximately 14.7 million foreign visitors

 The number of foreign tourists to South Korea spiked nearly 30% in June from a year earlier on eased inter-Korean tensions and more visitors from China

A total of 1.28 million foreigners visited South Korea in August, up 29.3% from July, 2018

The number of visitors from Japan surged 40.2 %, with that of tourists from the rest of Asia and the Middle East climbing 24.3 %

Visitors from Taiwan jumped 31.9 % in June from 2017, with the number of tourists from Hong Kong rising 12.9 %

The number of visitors from Europe, the United States and the rest of the world went up 6.2 %

The number of South Korean overseas tourists came to 2.32 million in June in 2018, up 10.8% from a year ago, according to the KTO