The Ministry of Culture, Sports and Tourism said the monthly record helped lift first-quarter arrivals by 23 per cent from a year ago to 4.76 million, also a record for a first quarter.
The Ministry of Culture, Sports and Tourism said the monthly record helped lift first-quarter arrivals by 23 per cent from a year ago to 4.76 million, also a record for a first quarter.
Chinese visitors made up the biggest share of visitors at 1.45 million, up 29 per cent from a year earlier, followed by Japanese tourists at 940,915, up 20.2 per cent.

Foreign arrivals through regional airports âjumped 49.7 per cent, while the share of travellers visiting areas outside Seoul and its vicinity â rose to 34.5 per cent, â from 31.3 per cent a year earlier, the ministry said.
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