Time to take Korea’s tourism boom beyond Seoul, says culture minister

Korea is on track to hit its goal of 30 million foreign visitors ahead of the 2030 target, but sustaining that growth will depend on getting travelers out of the capital, the country’s top tourism official said Wednesday. “If foreign tourists keep increasing at this pace under current conditions, the capital area will soon be saturated. But this weakness is also an opportunity. It means regions outside the capital have more than enough room to take in additional visitors, as long as they are pre