Foreign Tourists' Spending in Seoul Surges More than 50 % in H1: Data
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Foreign tourists' spending in Seoul surges more than 50 % in H1: data
The number of foreign visitors to Seoul in the first half of this year increased by more than 20 percent from the same period last year, while their credit card spending in the city surged by more than 50 percent, data from the city government showed Wednesday. Seoul attracted 8.23 million foreign tourists in the January-June period, up 21.3 percent from the first half of last year, the government said, noting their credit card spending soared 5…
8.23 million foreign tourists visited Seoul in the first half of this year and spent 5.6 trillion won, driving economic vitality. Shopping and medical tourism accounted for a particularly high proportion, and it was found that tourism spending is spreading beyond Myeongdong and Gangnam to areas across Seoul, such as Hongdae and Seongsu.
(Seoul = Yonhap News) Reporter Kim Dong-gyu = The number of foreign visitors to Seoul in the first half of this year increased by more than 20% compared to the same period last year, and the amount they spent on credit cards in Seoul...
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Foreigners on Myeong-dong street in Seoul (Provided by Yonhap News) With the number of foreign tourists visiting South Korea exceeding 10 million in the first half of the year alone, the domestic tourism market is achieving quantitative and qualitative growth simultaneously. Beyond a simple increase in the number of visitors, positive signals are being detected across the domestic economy, such as foreign consumption spending increasing at a re…
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