“Card usage amount” overseas “recovered” to pre-pandemic level = South Korea

Last year, the amount of cards spent overseas by South Korean residents was found to have recovered to pre-COVID-19 pandemic levels.
As travel restrictions due to the COVID-19 situation have been effectively lifted, overseas travel has increased and direct online purchases have also increased.
It appears to be for a reason. According to the “Card Overseas Usage Record by (Domestic) Residents in 2023” announced by the Bank of Korea on the 29th, the number of cards (credit and debit cards) used by Korean residents during this period was
The total amount spent overseas was 19.22 billion dollars (approximately 2.8775 trillion yen). This is a 32.2% increase from $14.54 billion (approximately 2,176.8 billion yen) in 2022.
This is the amount. This amount also exceeds the $19.12 billion (approximately 2.8626 trillion yen) in 2019, before the COVID-19 outbreak.
This recovery is due to increased demand for overseas travel. The number of Koreans who will depart will be 6.55 million in 2022.
Last year, the number of people increased by 246.6% to 22.72 million. Direct online purchases are also having an impact. Online shopping overseas direct purchase amount will be 4.14 billion in 2022
Last year, it increased by 25.0% from 10,000 million dollars (approximately 619.8 billion yen) to 5.17 billion dollars (approximately 774 billion yen).