South Korea's ”16.37 million” vs. Japan's ”36.87 million”... Number of foreign tourists is ”less than half” of Japan's = South Korean reports

It has been revealed that the number of foreign tourists who visited Korea last year was less than half of the number of tourists who visited Japan.
According to data obtained from the Korea Tourism Organization, the number of foreign tourists who visited Korea last year was 16.37 million, which was only 44.4% of the number of tourists who visited Japan during the same period (36.87 million).
Additionally, Japan was the country with the most tourists in the Asia-Pacific region (excluding China and India, for which official figures have not been released).
Next are Thailand (35.55 million), Saudi Arabia (29.73 million), Malaysia (25.02 million), and Hong Kong.
On the other hand, in terms of tourism revenue, Japan earned 54.7 billion dollars (approximately 8.2356 trillion yen) in the past year, while South Korea
With a total of 16.4 billion dollars (approximately 2.4692 trillion yen), Korea ranked 12th in the Asia-Pacific region. Assemblyman Lim said, "The number of inbound tourists to Korea last year increased by 48.4% compared to the previous year.
However, tourism revenues only increased by 9.2%." He pointed out, "Given the recent diversification of the tourism market, targeted marketing for each inbound market should be strengthened."