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20,000,000
20,000,000 -- annual inbound foreign visitors for South Korea tourism (2026)
For the full year 2026, South Korea is projected/on the verge of surpassing 20 million inbound foreign visitors for the first time.
- Projected threshold ('on the verge of surpassing')
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Value
20,000,000
Unit
Count
Data Vintage
2026
Entity
Geography
APAC
Evidence Quality
B
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Score breakdown
Extraction
95
Source Trust
60
Citation Chain
20
Independence
30
Methodology
45
Freshness
95
Source
Korea Ministry of Culture, Sports and Tourism
Primary
Tier A
https://us.aving.net/news/articleView.html?idxno=53810 ↗
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Original Research
Korea Ministry of Culture, Sports and Tourism
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Methodology
Projection based on Ministry of Culture, Sports and Tourism data
Methodology documented
Segmentation
IndustryTravel & Tourism
RegionAPAC
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South Korea tourism: 20,000,000 annual inbound foreign visitors. Source: Korea Ministry of Culture, Sports and Tourism (2026). Via Lighthouse Intelligence -- https://lighthousedata.io/data/korea-inbound-visitors-20m-2026
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<blockquote cite="https://lighthousedata.io/data/korea-inbound-visitors-20m-2026" style="border-left:3px solid #2563eb;padding:12px 16px;margin:16px 0;font-family:system-ui,sans-serif;background:#f0f4ff;"><strong>20,000,000</strong> -- annual inbound foreign visitors for South Korea tourism<br><small>Source: Korea Ministry of Culture, Sports and Tourism (2026) · <a href="https://lighthousedata.io/data/korea-inbound-visitors-20m-2026" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Lighthouse Intelligence</a></small></blockquote>
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