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South Korea Market Profile
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(Date of Publication: March 6, 2023)
This market profile offers a look at visitation and spending forecasts as well as current airlift conditions compared to pre-pandemic benchmarks. Consumer behavior data paints a current picture of trip consideration to the U.S., barriers to travel, preferred planning methods and traveler behavior. For additional research download the full market report.
- Relative to 2019, the South Korea visitation forecast is expected to reach 69% in 2023, 89% in 2024 and 96% in 2025.
- South Korea travel spending is forecast to recover to 69% in 2032, 102% in 2024 and 111% in 2025.
- As of December 2022, 88% of airlift from South Korea to California has recovered.
VISITATION & SPENDING IN CALIFORNIA
Source: Tourism Economics (January 2023)PRE-PANDEMIC (2019)
512,000 Visitor Trips
$1.2 Billion Visitor Spending
VISITATION AND SPENDING FORECAST
(Indexed to 2019 Levels)
AIRLIFT TO CALIFORNIA
Source: Cirium (December 2022)
PRE-PANDEMIC (2019)
255 Monthly Non-Stop Flights
87,000 Monthly Non-Stop Seats
NON-STOP SEATS TO CALIFORNIA
U.S. TRAVELER SENTIMENT & BEHAVIOR
Source: YouGov (December 2022)
Considering Travel to U.S. (Anytime, % of Pop 16+)
15%
18%
*Average of Visit California's international markets