"여름휴가 계획 있는 국민 70% 국내 여행 고려"
The summer vacation season is edging closer, with many Koreans planning out their holidays.
But, as our Won Jung-hwan explains, it seems many Koreans won't be traveling very far this year.
Seven out of ten Koreans who plan to take summer vacation this year are considering traveling within the country.
According to a survey of over 1-thousand South Korean citizens by the Ministry of Culture, Sports and Tourism and the Korea Tourism Organization,…. 48-point-2-percent of respondents said they are planning to take a summer vacation.
Among those who plan to travel,… nearly 70-percent said they prefer to travel within the country and some 20-percent opted for a trip abroad.
For those who are planning a domestic trip,… Gangwon-do Province, in the northeast of the country, was the top destination with over 30-percent,… followed by the southern resort island of Jeju with 17-percent,… and the country's southern regions, Gyeongsangnam-do and Jeollanam-do with some 13-percent and 10-percent, respectively.
More than 25-percent of respondents planned to take their vacation in the week starting July 29. The next most popular weeks were the first week of August and first week of July.
Holidaymakers planned to take 3-point-7 days of vacation on average and spend an average of 260-thousand Korean Won or just over 230 U.S. dollars on their trip.
Among some 40-percent of those who said they have no vacations plans,… nearly 40-percent cited lack of time,... while some 25-percent mentioned economic reasons.
Won Jung-hwan, Arirang News.
