12 million tourists visited the Jeju island in 2014.

According to Jeju Tourism Association, number of all visitors to the island this year would reach 12 million on 22nd, Monday.
(3.264 million foreign tourists, 8.728 million local tourist until 21st)
This is 13%( 1.4 million people) increase over the same period last year.
Among foreign tourists, Chinese tourists(2.814 million tourists) had especially noticeable growth which saw 57.4% increase over last year.

In 1966 only 100,000 tourists came to the island in one year. By 1983 that had increased to 1 million and by 2005 that number had increased further to 5 million.
Within half a century or so Jeju has seen a remarkable progress in tourism development.

Many factors attributed to Jeju’s global rise in awareness include the UNESCO triple crown (with three UNESCO World Heritage sites, World Network of Biosphere Reserves, and Global Geoparks Network).
Jeju also received a New7Wonders of Nature designation in 2011.

More direct flights and cruises to the island attracted tourists as well.