Are there many tourists from China in the Korean Winter Olympics?

According to a Hong Kong website 65438+1October 28th, South Korea was once the favorite holiday destination for mainland tourists, but in 20 17, they began to spend money in other places. This happened after the relationship between the two countries deteriorated due to South Korea's decision to deploy the US "Sade" anti-missile system. By February 20 17, when South Korean President Moon Jae in visited China, the tension between the two countries began to ease.

According to the report, Seoul has high expectations for using the Winter Olympics to re-attract mainland tourists' interest, especially because the Winter Olympics will be held from February 9 to 25, overlapping with the Lunar New Year holiday in China, but the lucrative tourism "spring" has not yet become a reality. According to the organizing committee of the Winter Olympics, about 200,000 mainland tourists are expected to visit Pyeongchang, the eastern coastal city of South Korea.

However, according to the organizing committee, as of June 65438+1October 19, that is, three weeks before the opening of the Winter Olympics, only 69.7% of the 165438+ tickets sold to domestic and foreign audiences were sold. The organizing committee is reluctant to provide the number of tickets purchased by mainland tourists, but the South Korean tourism department said that the number of tourists has not rebounded since the warming of relations between the two countries. A staff member of the Beijing office of Korea Tourism Bureau said: "We have not seen a great increase in tourists' interest. "