Number of Foreign Tourists to South Korea More Than Triple On-year in July

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The number of foreign tourists that visited South Korea last month more than tripled compared to a year earlier amid eased quarantine regulations for inbound visitors.

According to data from the Korea Tourism Organization on Wednesday, 263-thousand-986 tourists entered South Korea in July, up 218 percent from the same month in 2021 when stricter arrival rules, such as a longer isolation period, were in place.

American tourists topped the list by nationality at 53-thousand-942, followed by travelers from Vietnam at 18-thousand-867, the Philippines at 18-thousand-146 and China at 17-thousand-907.

Seven-thousand-832 travelers arrived from Singapore, a jump of five-thousand 617 percent over last July, just over three months before the signing of a travel bubble agreement with Seoul in November, eliminating post-entry quarantine for vaccinated arrivals.

From Thailand, a country subject to Seoul's visa waiver program, 16-thousand-808 travelers entered the country, up two-thousand-284 percent on-year.

*Source KBS WORLD