BTS, EXO and Super Junior were selected as the K-Pop stars favored by Korean wave tourists last year.
As a result of an online survey of 12,663 Korean Wave fans conducted by the Korea Tourism Organization from August-September last year, BTS ranked first with 36.1% as the preferred K-pop star.
The report said, "Korean Wave fans commonly picked BTS as the most popular Korean Wave star in their country," adding, "In addition to their great performances and appearances, They positively evaluated that they are delivering good messages to teenagers through music."
Next, EXO 10.4%, Super Junior 8.2%, Big Bang 5.6% and Shinhwa 3.0% were listed at the top.
IU ranked sixth with 2.7%, making her the only female solo artist in the top 10. Girls' Generation's 2.7% and TWICE's 2.5% ranked seventh, also settled in the top 10 as girl groups.
Respondents mostly listened to YouTube (30.6%) as a way to fall into a K-pop star. The most common reason was 18.4% of respondents who said that the performance was excellent.
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