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Chinese tourists are visiting Jeju Island in record numbers. According to Jeju Special Self-Governing Province, 411,000 Chinese tourists have visited Jeju Island so far this year, as of October 2.

This is a huge increase over last year when a total of 406,164 Chinese tourists visited Jeju Island from January to December.

In addition, a total of 737,713 tourists from overseas including Chinese tourists have visited Jeju this year, a 23.5-percent increase compared to last year.

At the beginning of the year, there weren’t many Chinese tourists visiting Jeju Island due to several reasons, such as the tension on the Korean Peninsula and cold weather in Korea, but starting in July the number of Chinese tourists visiting Jeju Island has exploded.

This is due to the convenient cruise channels from China to Jeju Island and also the various group tour programs held by companies in China.

In addition, due to China’s long weekend holiday from September 30 to October 7, there will be about 25,000 tourists coming to Jeju.

By Oh Jun Kyung
Korea.net Staff Writer