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Seoul | March 10, 2025

Foreign tourists at Gyeongbokgung Palace in Seoul on March 10 take photos. The Seoul Metropolitan Government that day released data saying 900,000 international visitors hit the capital in January this year, up 2.3% from 880,000 in the same month of 2019, the year before the COVID-19 pandemic, and around 27% more than 710,000 in January 2023.