Foreign tourists head for Korea's mountains

Korea's mountains are drawing international travelers, with visits to national parks and online interest in hiking tours rising this year. Global travel platform Klook said traffic for its hiking-related tour products rose about 22 percent from a year earlier between July 1 and Oct. 10. Growth was strongest among travelers from the US and Europe, where traffic climbed 38 percent and 34 percent, respectively. Taiwan, Singapore and the Philippines followed as the next-largest markets browsing hiki