The table and line chart show the difference between the incomes and numbers of tourists every two years in four countries: Thailand, South Korea, Singapore and Japan beginning from 2000 to 2014.
Overall, the international tourists arrivals and its revenue in all countries increased stably and reached their peaks in the final year. Apparently, Thailand was the highest in all aspects throughout the period.
In Thailand, the number of international tourists stood at 9.6 millions, the highest in 2000 among four countries. This number went up substantially to 19.2 millions in 2010, which doubled the initial number, and 24.8 in 2014, the highest number in the table. As for South Korea, 5.3 millions of foreigners visited this country in 2000. While in the next 10 years, this figure rose approximately 1 million each year, it increased significantly to 14.2 millions in 2014. Additionally, the number of tourists travelliing to Singapore nearly doubled from 7.7 millions in 2000 to 15.3 millions in 2014, with the marginal increase from 2002 to 2012. Notably, Japan witnessed the most significant increase, with the number in 2000( 4.8 millions) growing almost threefold to 13,4 in 2014.
In terms of revenue, Thailand’s foreign tourism revenue ranked the first in 2000, at around 8 US$ billions, slightly higher than Singapore’s income. After increasing stably, about 28 and 16 billion US dollars were generated in Thailand and Singapore in 2014, respectively. While South Korea’s income was negligibly higher than Japan’s one at the beginning and in 2014, from 2004 to 2008, these figures were almost the same, at from under 8 billions to around 10 billions.