Foreign cruise ship visitors to S. Korea near 1.3 mln in Jan.-Aug. period

The number of foreign visitors arriving in Korea by cruise ship reached nearly 1.3 million in the first eight months of the year, according to data from the Korea Tourism Organization. This figure represents a 12 percent increase compared to the same period last year, with a total of 1.28 million foreign passengers and crew members arriving on cruise ships.

The Korea Tourism Organization predicts that the annual total could surpass 2 million this year, surpassing the previous record of 1.6 million set last year. Seogwipo, located on the southern resort island of Jeju, accounted for more than half of all arrivals by sea through August. Chinese citizens constituted the largest share of foreign visitors, making up 57.7 percent of the total.

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