South Korea: purposes for visiting by age 2022

According to a survey conducted among international visitors to South Korea throughout 2022, around 54 percent of respondents in their forties stated that they visited the country for business reasons. This was the most common reason for travelers between the ages of 30 and 59. Teenagers most commonly went for educational reasons, those in their twenties for leisure, and those aged 60 years and older to visit friends or family.

Distribution of purpose for visiting South Korea in 2022, by age group

Characteristic	Leisure and holiday activities	Business	Education	Visiting friends and relatives	Religious activities	Other
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Release date

May 2023

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Region

Worldwide, South Korea

Survey time period

every month in 2022

Number of respondents

19,543 respondents

Age group

15 years and older

Method of interview

Computer-assisted personal interviews (CAPI)

Supplementary notes

Values may not add up to 100 percent due to rounding.

To qualify for the survey, respondents needed to have stayed in South Korea for more than one day and less than one year.

Respondents count by age bracket was as follows:
15-19 years: 1,173
20-29 years: 7,857
30-39 years: 4,657
40-49 years: 3,056
50-59 years: 2,066
60 years and older: 734

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