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Korea, Rep. International tourism, expenditures for travel items (current US$)

What is Korea, Rep.'s international tourism, expenditures for travel items (current us$)? As of 2020, it's 16.2B USD Mn, down from 23.2B USD Mn in 2014.

Author: Wantstats Research TeamSource: World Bank and Wantstats Repository
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Korea, Rep. International tourism, expenditures for travel items (current US$) — full underlying data
LabelInternational tourism, expenditures for travel items (current US$)
201423192000000 USD Mn
201525270000000 USD Mn
201627243000000 USD Mn
201731691000000 USD Mn
201835133000000 USD Mn
201932739000000 USD Mn
202016157000000 USD Mn

Data Source: World Bank and Wantstats Repository

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Korea, Rep. International tourism, expenditures for travel items (current US$): Key Points

  • Measured in 2020, Korea, Rep.'s international tourism, expenditures for travel items sits at 16.16B current US$. The series opened at 23.19B current US$ in 2014, making the full move a 30% fall.
  • 2015-2018: shoots up to 35.13B current US$ (+51%).
  • 2019: down to 32.74B current US$ (-7%).
  • 2020: caves in to 16.16B current US$ (-51%).
  • 2020: The pandemic wipes out tourism here too — 32.74B to 16.16B current US$ (~51%), as border closures froze international travel nearly everywhere.
  • 2020: Ends the series at 16.16B current US$ — 30.3% below the 2014 baseline.

The COVID Travel Shutdown, Explained

No consistent direction here means no reliable forecast either. Whatever caused the last move up or down, it hasn't been strong enough to hold for long.

This isn't a local tourism failure — 2020 saw international travel come to a near-total stop worldwide as borders closed. Almost every country's tourism numbers show the same collapse in this exact year.

This series reflects Korea, Rep.'s official reporting via the linked source. Statistics of this kind are typically benchmarked against periodic censuses or surveys, with intervening years estimated.

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