Korea’s national parks attract over 2 million foreign visitors last year

Korea's national parks attracted a total of 2.05 million foreign visitors in 2025, the Korea National Park Service (KNPS) said Wednesday. Of this number, 1.13 million were international tourists, while the remaining 920,000 were foreign residents living here. Hallasan National Park on Jeju Island drew the largest share of overseas tourists, recording 270,000 visitors. The figure reflects a broader trend of foreign tourists on Jeju Island incorporating natural landscape activities into their itineraries, the agency said. Dadohaehaesang National Park ranked second with 140,000 visitors, followed by Taeanhaean National Park and Hallyeohaesang National Park, each with 130,000 recorded visitors. Among international tourists, Chinese nationals accounted for the largest share at 250,000 or 21.9 percent of the total number of visitors. Taiwan followed with 130,000 visitors, the Philippines with 90,000, Indonesia with 80,000, the U.S. with 60,000 and Japan with 50,000. Visitors from Chinese-speaking regions and Southeast Asian countries made up a disproportionately large share of the total, a tren

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