The most impressive locations mentioned were “Jeju Island” (18.1%), Insa-dong (16.9%), Gyeongju (15.7%), Seoul’s palaces (10.8%), shopping streets like Itaewon and Namdaemun Market (9.6%) and Mt. Seoraksan (6.0%).
Its always nice to hear that Jeju is still holding strong as the most desired place to travel within Korea by foreigners, even if the poll was about how one in three foreigners had an unpleasant experience while traveling.
You don't have to travel to have an unpleasant experience, I'm sure everyone has had their share of mishaps, but it certainly takes the fun out of your vacation when you're traveling.
In other news, apparently Japanese politicians wanted to buy Jeju island with the increase in capital due to the current strength of the yen. This is probably as likely as Jeju getting a nude beach.
2 comments:
Those statistics don't show how much foreigners love Jeju, it shows how little of Korea they've experienced. To be fair, those are all safe/navigatable locations for people who don't speak or even read hanguel.
I'm not saying that Jeju is the best place to visit in Korea, but we certainly do get a lot of tourists/foreigners...I don't think that the poll was limited to just Western foreigners either, so many other Asian tourists probably make up a lot of the percentage. I should have wrote "most visited" in lieu of "most desired"...sorry for the confusion.
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