Number of travelers to Korea hits record high in Jan-Oct
Social affairsNov 21, 2016
The number of foreigners who visited South Korea in the first 10 months of this year jumped 33.1 percent from a year ago, breaking the previous record high in 2014, the state-run tourism agency said Monday. A total of 14.59 million foreigners visited the nation in the January-October period, already outnumbering the annual record of 14.2 million in 2014, the Korea Tourism Organization said. The number of incoming Chinese soared 40 percent on-year over the period to account for 48 percent of the