Last year, the number of tourists visiting South China was less than half. Did it affect South Korea's GDP?

12 13, according to the latest data released by the Bank of Korea, the economic loss of South Korea is really huge after the loss of tourists from China.

The Bank of Korea predicts that the number of tourists visiting South China will decrease by about 4 million in 20 17, with a year-on-year decrease of up to 50%. As a result, South Korea's domestic GDP will also decrease by 5.2 billion US dollars this year.

According to the data of the Bank of Korea, the per capita real added value of China tourists reached $65,438+$0.300. From 2065438 to mid-March 2007, the number of tourists to South China dropped sharply. From March to 10, the number of citizens entering China decreased by 3.565 million compared with the same period of last year, only 2.382 million, with a monthly decrease of 40.0% to 69.3%. In addition, considering the impact of product exports, the losses caused by the Sadr incident to South Korea will be even greater.

While the number of tourists in China is decreasing, Korean tourism tries to further attract tourists from other countries to reduce losses, but the result is not very satisfactory.

According to Korean media reports, Korean tourism has increased many tourism projects to attract Japanese tourists, but the performance of Korean tourism is still unsatisfactory. In 20 17, Korean tourists to Japan increased by 40%, while Japanese tourists to Korea only increased by 0.8%.

According to the statistics released recently by Korea Tourism Organization and Japan Tourism Agency, as of June this year, the number of Korean tourists visiting Japan reached 5,838,600, three times that of Japanese tourists visiting Japan in the same period, far exceeding the number of tourists visiting Japan in 20 16. It is estimated that there will be more than 7 million Korean tourists visiting Japan in 20 17.

At the same time, however, the number of Japanese tourists to Korea is basically the same as that of 20 16, and there is no big breakthrough. It is estimated that by the end of 20 17, the number of Japanese tourists to Korea will increase by 0.8% compared with 20 16, which is about 2.3 million, with only a slight increase.

Korean tourism still places greater hopes on China tourists. At the end of this year 1 1, travel agencies from China, Beijing and Shandong resumed group tours to Korea, which showed signs of recovery in Korean tourism.

With South Korean President Moon Jae in leaving for Beijing on June 5438+February 65438+March for a four-day state visit to China, South Korean media have more high hopes for the domestic tourism industry to usher in the spring.