Foreign tourists spent just over $2,000 on average for short trips to Seoul last year

By KTimes

Foreign tourists who visited Seoul last year stayed an average six days and spent 2.84 million won ($2,058), the Seoul Tourism Organization said, Tuesday.

The survey, conducted from March to November 2023 on 1,600 respondents, revealed that tourists are now spending more time and money in the city compared to before the pandemic.

In 2019, the average stay was 5.1 days with spending at around 1.89 million won.

The increase in spending is attributed to a higher proportion of long-distance travelers from Europe and the U.S., as opposed to the previously dominant short-distance visits of Asian tourists.

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