Around one-point-42 million foreign tourists visited South Korea last month, reaching 95 percent of pre-pandemic levels.

According to the Korea Tourism Organization(KTO) on Friday, May arrivals by one-point-42 million foreign tourists is 63-point-six percent higher compared to the monthly tally a year earlier.

By country, the largest number of tourists came from China at 395-thousand, followed by 278-thousand from Japan, 123-thousand from the United States and 117-thousand from Taiwan.

During the first five months of the year, six-point-28 million foreigners visited the country, up 81-point-one percent on-year.

Meanwhile, two-point-27 million South Koreans traveled overseas in May, up 34-point-eight percent on-year and equivalent to 94 percent of pre-pandemic levels.