South Korea Tourism in Australia - Statistics [2021]
Updated: 24 August 2021
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How many South Korean tourists visit Australia each year?
Over 460 Korean visitors came to Australia between April 2020 and March 2021. Visitors from Korea were down 99.8% when compared to the over 222,000 visitors of the previous year.
How many Korean tourists visited Australia in 2021?
Visitors from Korea spent over $5.6 million during visits to Australia between April 2020 and March 2021. Spending by Korean visitors was down 99.6% when compared to the over $1.3 billion spent during the previous year.
How many South Korean tourists visited Australia in 2019?
280,700 South Korean tourists visited Australia between July 2018 and June 2019.1
South Korea tourism through the years
South Korea tourism reached a peak in 2017/18 with 304,400 visitors.
2018/19 saw a decrease of 7%.
South Korea's share in the Australian tourism industry
South Korea contributed 3.1% of all international visitors in 2018/19.
Top countries that sent visitors to Australia in 2019
South Korea's contribution to tourism expenditure
At $1.5B, South Korea contributed over 3.3% of all tourism expenditure in Australia in 2018/19.2
The majority of spending came from holidaymakers, at $833M.