East Asian and Southeast Asian tourists' intention to visit Korea falls to 8th place in Asia Pacific, below expectations

It turns out that the favorability rating of Korea among tourists in East and Southeast Asia is lower than expected. It was expected that Korea would be the third most popular country after Japan, China, and Thailand, but in reality,
The global accommodation, transport and activity booking platform Klook has released a survey of 10,000 people in the Asia Pacific region planning to travel in 2025.
On the 25th, the survey of 7,000 tourists from 14 countries, including the US, Australia, and the US, revealed that only about 9% of tourists from East and Southeast Asia had any intention of visiting Korea.
Among tourists from East and Southeast Asia, the country with the highest intention to visit Korea was Indonesia, with 15.4% of Indonesian tourists responding that they "want to visit Korea."
The most popular destination was Japan, followed by mainland China and Singapore.
The top three countries were China, India, Malaysia, Malaysia, and Thailand, followed by China, Hong Kong, Australia, India, and Thailand, with South Korea coming in at only 8th place.