Fliggy: Search volume for visas to South Korea increased by 1,179% month-on-month

The popularity of visas to South Korea has increased significantly recently. The number of searches related to South Korea visas on Fliggy increased by 1179% month-on-month.

Prior to this, South Korea's "Herald Economy" reported that the Korean tourism industry is increasingly looking forward to the return of Chinese tourists. In order to attract Chinese tourists, many businesses have hung up Chinese signs, introduced Chinese menus, and some store owners are frantically learning Chinese.

In Seoul's Myeongdong shopping street, Li, the owner of a kebab stall, said that considering that there will be more and more Chinese tourists this year, he changed the sign to a new one, adding Chinese on the basis of Korean and English, and deliberately enlarged the font.

Another stall owner named Park, who sells chicken skewers, said that before the COVID-19 pandemic, there were many Chinese tourists and he was proficient in Chinese, but now his Chinese has become rusty and he has started to learn it again.

In addition to the catering industry, the Korean medical and beauty industries are also eagerly looking forward to the return of Chinese tourists. The head of a cosmetics store in Myeongdong said that starting this year, priority will be given to hiring employees who can speak Chinese.

From Blue Whale TMT