Table 1. Number of air passengers between South Korea and China/Japan (Unit: person, %)

Year Korea-China Korea-Japan
2010 9,192,973 (29.8) 11,238,163 (12.7)
2011 9,769,438 ( 6.3) 10,419,380 (-7.3)
2012 10,832,322 (10.9) 11,566,437 (11.0)
2013 12,634,743 (16.6) 11,000,917 (-4.9)
2014 16,002,621 (26.7) 10,838,824 (-1.5)
2015 16,545,172 ( 3.4) 12,252,791 (13.0)
2016 19,948,843 (20.6) 15,223,982 (24.2)
2017 14,014,192 (-29.6) 19,180,863 (26.0)
2018 16,189,570 (15.5) 21,479,566 (12.0)
2019 18,509,176 (14.3) 18,962,610 (-11.7)
Source: Korea Airports Corporation and Incheon International Airport Corporation.
Note: The figure in ( ) denotes the increase/ decrease rate compared to the previous year.