The number of foreign tourists visiting Seoul last year hit 12 million, returning roughly to prepandemic levels, government data showed Thursday.
The Seoul Metropolitan Government said that between January and November, the city saw 12.12 million foreign visitors, nearing the 12.74 million recorded during the same period in 2019, the highest on record.
The COVID-19 pandemic caused a sharp decline in tourism, with visitor numbers plummeting to 1.15 million in 2020 and about 500,000 in 2021. However, the figures have almost as quickly rebounded, reaching 2.19 million in 2022 and 8.02 million in 2023.
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