The Korean -China international sea transport passenger ship service, which has been interrupted for three years and seven months due to the crown disease, will resume operations from next Wednesday (August 9).
According to the Yonhap News Agency, although the Chinese government has excluded South Korea in the country's list of the outbound team, Chinese tourists visiting South Korea are still growing significantly.
South Korea Tourism Commune (Travel Development Bureau) released on Friday (August 4) that South Korea received more than 960,000 foreign tourists in June, of which Japan, China, and the United States were 197,000 and the United States, respectively.More than 16,000 and 121,000 people ranked among the three.
Japan has become the largest source of tourists in South Korea for seven consecutive months since December last year.However, experts predict that starting in July, the number of Chinese tourists visiting South Korea will exceed Japanese tourists.In June, South Korea issued 114,109 visas to Chinese citizens, reaching more than 12 times the same period last year.
With the increase in the number of Chinese tourists, the international ferry routes to and from Pingze and Weihai will be resumed next Wednesday.) Restore navigation, and the international ferry routes from Incheon to Qingdao will resume navigation next Friday (11th).The passenger rolling ships traveling to and from South Korea and China every week stopped passenger transportation due to the crown disease in early 2020, and only transported container cargo.
