UNWTO, the expenditure of inbound tourism to South Korea in 2021 fell to just over 11 billion U.S. dollars. Prior to the beginning of the coronavirus (COVID-19) pandemic, the country had seen a steady increase in tourist numbers as well as expenditure. Between 2019 and 2021, expenditure fell by around 56.5 percent.
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World Tourism Organization (UN Tourism). (October 14, 2022). Annual total expenditure of inbound tourism to South Korea from 1995 to 2021 (in billion U.S. dollars) [Graph]. In Statista. Retrieved May 18, 2024, from https://www.statista.com/statistics/1340494/south-korea-total-inbound-tourism-expenditure/
World Tourism Organization (UN Tourism). "Annual total expenditure of inbound tourism to South Korea from 1995 to 2021 (in billion U.S. dollars)." Chart. October 14, 2022. Statista. Accessed May 18, 2024. https://www.statista.com/statistics/1340494/south-korea-total-inbound-tourism-expenditure/
World Tourism Organization (UN Tourism). (2022). Annual total expenditure of inbound tourism to South Korea from 1995 to 2021 (in billion U.S. dollars). Statista. Statista Inc.. Accessed: May 18, 2024. https://www.statista.com/statistics/1340494/south-korea-total-inbound-tourism-expenditure/
World Tourism Organization (UN Tourism). "Annual Total Expenditure of Inbound Tourism to South Korea from 1995 to 2021 (in Billion U.S. Dollars)." Statista, Statista Inc., 14 Oct 2022, https://www.statista.com/statistics/1340494/south-korea-total-inbound-tourism-expenditure/
World Tourism Organization (UN Tourism), Annual total expenditure of inbound tourism to South Korea from 1995 to 2021 (in billion U.S. dollars) Statista, https://www.statista.com/statistics/1340494/south-korea-total-inbound-tourism-expenditure/ (last visited May 18, 2024)
Annual total expenditure of inbound tourism to South Korea from 1995 to 2021 (in billion U.S. dollars) [Graph], World Tourism Organization (UN Tourism), October 14, 2022. [Online]. Available: https://www.statista.com/statistics/1340494/south-korea-total-inbound-tourism-expenditure/