South Korea last year overseas attract tourists, be reversed in Japan JoongAng Daily News According 31 days to the announcement of the Federation of Korean Industries of South Korea, overseas tourists who visited Japan last year, but was recorded 1974 million people tourists who visited South Korea was only 13.23 million people. Also last year, Japan is South Korea recorded a deficit of about 6 trillion won, while recording the tourism balance of payments surplus of about 11 trillion won (about 1 trillion yen).