No. of foreign visitors to S. Korea in 2020 expected to hit 32-year low
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The number of foreign visitors arriving in South Korea in 2020 is expected to be the lowest since the 1988 Seoul Olympics due to the pandemic.
According to the Tourism Ministry and the Korea Tourism Organization on Tuesday, ...two-point-four million foreigners landed in South Korea between January and October.
This is down 83-point-six percent on-year.
The number of South Korean nationals leaving the country decreased 83 percent.
If the trends continue, ...the number of foreign visitors is expected to be the lowest since 1988 ...and the number of departures the lowest since the 1998 IMF crisis.
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