Cheju Island surpasses 10 million tourists this year... 220,000 people visit during mid-autumn celebration holiday = Korea

It has been revealed that the number of tourists visiting Jeju Island in South Korea this year has exceeded 10 million. According to the Cheju Island Tourism Association on the 18th, the number of tourists visiting Jeju this year was 100 million as of the 17th.
The total number of Koreans was 8,598,041 and foreigners was 1,406,108, totaling 10,004,149. This is a 4.5% increase from the same period last year (9,577,881), and the cumulative total is
The 10 million visitor milestone was reached about 10 days earlier than last year (September 29). Compared to the same period last year, the number of Korean tourists decreased by 6% (547,152 people), while the number of foreign tourists increased by 225% (970,342 people).
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The Jeju Island Tourism Association reported that on the first day of the mid-autumn celebration holiday, 44,717 people visited the island on the 13th and 49,162 people visited the island on the 14th.
On the 15th, 52,243 people visited, on the 16th 40,643 people visited, and on the 17th 38,171 people visited, for an average of 45,000 people per day. The association initially predicted that the average number of tourists per day would be around 42,800.
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