Summer vacations in Korea: where do people go?
Quoted from the Chosun Ilbo:
Most Koreans will spend their summer vacation on the east coast in the first week of August this year.
In a telephone survey of 4,000 households across the country by the Korea Transport Institute on June 24-26, 46.9 percent of respondents said they plan to take their summer vacation between July 31 and Aug. 6.
Some 24.1 percent want to take their holiday from July 24 to 30, 6.7 percent Aug. 14-20, and 6.4 percent Aug. 7-13.
The largest group or 28.2 percent favor the east coast as their destination, followed by 12.6 percent who opted for inland areas of Gangwon Province, 11.4 percent for the west coast, 10.9 percent for the south coast, 10.1 percent for Gyeongsang provinces, 7.2 percent for Chungcheong provinces, 7 percent for Jeolla provinces, and 3 percent for Jeju Island.
Only 4.5 percent said they are going abroad.
I suppose it isn’t too surprising that so many are going to the East Coast since it plays host to immensely popular beaches like haeundae beach in Pusan.
Although only 3% going to Jeju sounds small I still expect it to be packed with dumb tourists like me. It would have been interesting to know where foreigners choose to go on vacation.
