Indonesian Muslim Tourists Boosting South Korea's Tourism

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Muslim travelers visiting South Korea

Kompas.com sought to find the total number of Indonesian Muslim tourists visiting South Korea but was unsuccessful.

Based on figures from Yonhap News Agency, there were 511,017 Muslim travelers from all over the world who set foot in South Korea during the first half of 2019.

The data indicated the gradual increase in the number of Muslim travelers received in the East Asian country. In 2018, it had 970,000 Muslim tourists and 870,000 in 2017.

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The total number of tourists that traveled to South Korea in 2019 totaled 17,502,756 people, according to Visit Korea.

The previous year saw 15,346,879 tourists and 13,335,758 tourists were in South Korea in 2017.

(Writer: Nabilla Ramadhian | Editor: Anggara Wikan Prasetya)

Source: https://travel.kompas.com/read/2020/10/24/101000427/kto--wisatawan-muslim-indonesia-di-korea-selatan-meningkat?page=all#page2