As the travel & tourism industry continues on its recovery path, outbound trips from South Korea are increasing, with people eager to resume and reboot their travel plans. According to GlobalData, this pent-up demand, coupled with increased confidence around COVID-19 protocols, is helping to drive the recovery of South Korea’s outbound travel sector. GlobalData provides a complete picture of the outbound destinations from South Korea in its South Korea Source Tourism report. Buy the report here.
In 2023, international departures from South Korea grew by 254%.
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Outbound travel from South Korea is not dominated by any single destination, but intraregional travel is a noticeable trend. In the case of South Korea, nine of the ten most popular destinations are located in Asia-Pacific.
However, even when focusing only on the top ten, flows to different destinations vary. Understanding the relative size of these and identifying high-potential destinations outside of this list is key to identifying promising growth markets for South Korea as a source market and for destinations to understand current preferences among Korean travelers so they can better target them.
According to GlobalData’s report, South Korea Source Tourism, the most popular destinations for the country’s travelers include Japan, Vietnam, Thailand, the US and the Philippines among others.
For more detailed analysis of the outbound destinations from South Korea, buy GlobalData’s South Korea Source Tourism report.
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