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According to Yonhap News,

(SAMCHEOK=Yonhap News) Samcheok City of Gangwon Province said on December 11 that the city's tourism earnings surpassed KRW 10 billion.

By the end of November this year, the number of visitors to the city's 10 tour sites totaled 2.12 million, which produced the revenue of KRW 10.7 billion including entrance fees.

By tour site, the revenues were: the marine cable car KRW 3.3 billion, the rail bike KRW 3 billion, and the Daegeumgul-Hwanseongul caves KRW 2.4 billion.

At this rate, the city expects a total revenue of KRW 12 billion from tourism.

A city official said, "The remarkable result is due to the effect of this year being proclaimed 'Visit Samcheok Year' and the city's efforts to develop tourism contents such as the marine cable car, beach camp sites, the maze garden and the Dogye glass theme park."

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** This article was translated from Korean.

Source: Yonhap News (December 11, 2018)