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According to Yonhap News,

The Jeju Tourism Association (JTA) said on November 8 that the cumulative number of tourists who visited Jeju this year as of November 7 was 9,944,496.

It means there are 5,504 more to go before reaching the 10 million mark.

As 43,000 tourists are expected to visit Jeju on November 8, the number of tourists visiting Jeju exceeding 10 million.

Last year, the year in which the COVID-19 broke out, it was December 17 that exceeded the 10 million mark, about a month later than this year.

The number of tourists is increasing as travel sentiment is recovering led by the 'life with corona'.

The average daily number of tourists gradually has risen from 30,200 in September, 37,800 in October, and 40,400 in November.

Not only a family group gathering, but also other various group tourists such as in clubs and religious gatherings are also recovering, gradually increasing the reservation rate of rent buses.

Given this trend of recovery, the number of cumulative tourists this year is expected to record about 12.1 million, according to the JTA.

For Jeju, exceeding 10 million in the number of cumulative tourists per year is not exceptional.

Since exceeding the 10 million mark for the first time in 2013, with recording the number of tourists 10.85 million, Jeju has never seen the number below 10 million.

However, when COVID-19 hit the world in 2020, the number of visitors to Jeju in a year reached 10.23 million, a 33% drop from 15.28 million in 2019.

Looking at the number of visitors alone, COVID-19 pushed back the Jeju tourism industry to seven years ago.

With beginning of a gradual return to normal life, Jeju's tourism industry, which suffered a lot from prolonged COVID-19, also expects to recover to the pre-COVID-19 level.

bjc@yna.co.kr

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Source: Yonhap News (November 8, 2021)