1.4 mn foreign tourists visits S.Korea in July

The Korea Tourism Organization (KTO) said on Thursday that the number of foreign tourists visiting South Korea in July was 1.41 million, an increase of 36.5% year over year. 

This is 97% of the level seen in the same month of 2019, before the COVID-19 pandemic.

By country, China had the most visitors with 459,000, followed by Japan (243,000), Taiwan (143,000), and the US (121,000).

The number of tourists from Taiwan and the United States increased by 25.6% and 24.1%, respectively, compared to the same month in 2019. Visitors from China and Japan recovered to 88% of the levels recorded in the same month of 2019.

From January to July this year, the cumulative number of visitors to South Korea reached 9.11 million, a 66.8% increase compared to the same period last year. This is 92% of the level recorded during the same period in 2019.

The largest number of tourists by country was from China (2.68 million), Japan (1.67 million), Taiwan (830,000), and the US (760,000).

Write to Sun A Lee at suna@hankyung.com