Is it true that South Korea fell out of the popular tourist destination list on National Day?

According to the pre-holiday forecast of the National Tourism Administration, the number of tourists in the Golden Week is as high as 7 1 100 million, which is close to one tenth of the global population. According to the National Day Golden Week travel reports released by various travel agencies this year, Thailand and Japan were not surprisingly listed as the most popular countries for outbound travel, but South Korea, once a popular destination, fell off the list.

However, Hong Kong's tourism industry, which was once depressed in previous years, is facing a counterattack this National Day. On the first day of the Golden Week, the number of mainland tourists visiting Hong Kong reached a five-year high, and Hong Kong once again became one of the most popular tourist destinations for mainland tourists during the Golden Week.

According to the previous forecast of travel agencies, Thailand and Japan have become the most popular destination countries for China tourists in this year's Golden Week.

According to the report, in the short-term exit direction, the top ten most popular destination countries in this year's Eleventh National Day are Thailand, Japan, Indonesia, Singapore, Cambodia, Vietnam, Malaysia, Sri Lanka, Nepal and the Philippines. The top three popular destination countries for outbound long-distance travel include the United States, Canada and Australia.

According to Ctrip's Free Travel Report on National Day Golden Week, Thailand, Japan, Singapore, Malaysia, Maldives, Viet Nam, Indonesia, the Philippines, the United States and Cambodia were the most popular countries for China free travellers during this year's National Day Golden Week.

Once popular outbound destinations are bleak. In the list of popular destinations for outbound travel in the Golden Week announced by Ctrip, Tuniu, Mama Donkey and many other travel agencies, South Korea is unknown on the list.

This statistical result is consistent with the situation reported by Korean media. According to Yonhap News Agency's 654381October 8th, a data released by Korea Tourism Organization on the same day showed that there were about 8.864 million foreign tourists visiting Korea from October to August this year/KLOC-0, a sharp drop of 22.8% year-on-year. In the same period, the number of outbound tourists in Korea increased by 17.7% year-on-year, reaching173.96 million, and the number of outbound tourists was about 1.96 times that of inbound tourists.

Korean media analysis believes that the sharp drop in tourists to South Korea may be the main reason for the decrease in foreigners coming to South Korea. During the period of 6543810-August this year, the number of tourists to South China was about 2,873,500, down 48.8% year-on-year. Especially in March this year, the number of tourists to South China dropped sharply. From March to August this year, the number of tourists visiting South China dropped by 62.2%.

It is worth mentioning that during the Golden Week of the National Day this year, the tourism industry in China Mainland and Hongkong has obviously recovered. The growth of free travellers from the mainland has become the main factor to boost Hong Kong's tourism industry, and the number of group tourists has also increased significantly.

According to the data released by the Immigration Department of the Hong Kong SAR Government, the number of mainland tourists visiting Hong Kong in June 5438+1 October1increased by 9.4% year-on-year to 206,000, the highest in five years. Among them, mainland tourists came to Hong Kong with individual tours and "one sign and one line" endorsements.

According to Ctrip's report, China Mainland and Hong Kong rank first among the most popular free travel destinations, and more than 80% of mainland tourists go to Hong Kong to choose free travel products. The Tuniu report also said that based on its ticket platform data, Hong Kong became one of the most popular destinations for mainland tourists' outbound travel routes during the Golden Week.

According to Xinhua News Agency, Dong Yao, Director-General of the Travel Industry Council of Hong Kong, said that after a period of downturn, Hong Kong's tourism industry has obviously recovered in this "Golden Week", mainly due to the recent improvement of Hong Kong's social atmosphere, and driven by the atmosphere of the 20th anniversary of Hong Kong's return to the motherland, mainland tourists have more confidence in Hong Kong. He also revealed that during the National Day this year, the number of mainland teams received by Hong Kong almost doubled compared with the same period last year.