Yeosu-si, Approaching 10 Million Tourists Milestone

Surpassing 9 Million Cumulative Tourists

450,000 Visit Yeosu During Chuseok Golden Holiday

The cumulative number of tourists visiting Yeosu City, Jeollanam-do, surpassed 9 million as of the 10th, and Yeosu City is expected to reach 10 million tourists this month.

According to Yeosu City on the 11th, 450,000 tourists visited Yeosu during this Chuseok holiday period, a 49% increase compared to last year's Chuseok holiday (230,000 visitors).

Marching Festival [Photo by Yeosu City]

Following that, 170,000 people visited Yeosu during the Hangul Day holiday.

Tourists concentrated their visits to Yeosu on September 30 and October 2 during the Chuseok holiday, and the highest number of visitors was recorded on October 9, the Hangul Day holiday.

The main destinations were Yeosu Expo, Dolsan Park, Odongdo, Luge, Yeosu Art Land, Hyangiram, and island areas including Nando and Hwahwa Island near Geumo Island.

The city analyzed that the increase in tourists was due to the long six-day Chuseok holiday and tourists exhausted from the summer heatwave seeking to enjoy Yeosu’s beautiful nature, unique tourism content, and the diverse festivals in October welcoming the autumn season.

In fact, the Yeosu Marching Festival and the International Namdo Food Culture Grand Festival held on the 6th attracted about 250,000 people from both domestic and international visitors, creating a huge success.

Jeong Gi-myeong, mayor of Yeosu City, said, “As a representative tourist city of Korea, Yeosu is very pleased to receive great love from tourists during the golden holiday,” adding, “We will successfully carry out the festivals and mega events continuing in the second half of the year to achieve 10 million tourists.”

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