<Anchor> It is a
friendly economic time.
Reporter Kim Hye-min is here.
Reporter Kim, we avoided many places due to corona last year.
As a result, it was said that the number of visitors varied a little by local government, but please explain.
<Reporter>
Yes, the number of visitors to a place that used to be famous as a tourist destination has drastically decreased last year.
As you can see, the Korea Tourism Organization surveyed the big data data of a news agency, and as you can see, Incheon Jung-gu was the place where the number of visitors decreased the most, followed by Ulleung-gun, Gyeongbuk, and the Seoul area.
You might think it was unexpected, but there was a reason.
There is Incheon Airport in Jung-gu, Incheon, where foreign tourists frequent, and Ulleungdo has to be entered by boat, but it seems that the number of visitors decreased as the number of ships decreased due to Corona 19.
The decrease in the number of visitors to the Seoul area is said to be highly related to foreigners.
When foreigners come to Korea for sightseeing, most of them stop by Seoul. It is presumed that it is because they could hardly visit Korea last year.
Conversely, there were places where the number of visitors increased despite Corona 19.
Yangyang-gun, Gangwon-do, famous for surfing, increased by 10%, and many Koreans visited Miryang-si, Gyeongnam, where there are many campgrounds and pensions, and Ongjin-gun, Incheon, which is located on the beach.
It is possible to distance and mainly concentrated as a quiet travel destination.
<anchor>
Then, can you also know which tourist attractions our people visited a lot last year?
<Reporter>
Yes, if you search for'cafes' with the navigation app like this, all cafes around you will appear. In this way, we looked at what tourist attractions people searched for in the navigation.
The most visited place was'Automotive Theater', and I also searched a lot of'Paragliding' and'Drive Course'.
Camping grounds and breakwaters are also in the rankings, so I enjoyed a lot of leisure time without getting off the car, and staying at home was a lot of cramps.
There was also great interest in sports with nature.
Conversely, most of the tourist spots with reduced search were indoors.
Searches for casinos, amusement facilities, as well as racetracks and science halls have decreased significantly, and theaters, hot springs, and performance venues have been visited far less than in 2019.
<Anchor>
What I just explained right now is commonly said that I looked at it with a related search word, but we can directly enter the place name in the navigation system. What is the difference between 2019 and 2020?
<Reporter>
Yes, let's first look at tourist spots that we searched a lot in 2019.
There were overwhelmingly many amusement parks.
However, these two top search rankings of last year have disappeared altogether, and'Yeouido Hangang Park' has been placed in the first place instead.
In addition to this, Eulwangri Beach, Wolmido, Sokcho Fish Market, and Gyeongpo Beach are the top search terms, and they are all natural tourist destinations.
The trend of people avoiding crowded places last year and preferring open places is also evident here.
<Anchor>
Then reporter Kim, I am curious to see which tourist destination he spent a little more money in, but most of the time, it seems that it has decreased a lot.
Because of the corona, right?
<Reporter>
Yes, based on the spending of the credit card company, I checked once.
It is correct that the overall reduction has been greatly reduced.
People spend in travel, duty-free shops, and airlines has dropped significantly.
However, among these, there was the only industry in which people's spending increased.
It is a'rental car'.
They were reluctant to travel by public transportation, and the opposite consumption resulted in increased rental expenses.
Let’s take a look by region.
In other regions, when spending all decreased, consumption of leisure sports increased more only in three places, Chungcheongbuk-do, Jeju-do, and Gangwon-do. This seems to have increased because there are many golf courses.
In fact, when classified by industry, spending on ski resorts and resorts has decreased significantly, while only the money spent on golf courses has risen alone.
The demand for golf courses increased because it was relatively easy to distance and there was no ban on business.
This year, the number of confirmed coronavirus patients has significantly decreased, so I hope that many citizens will be able to freely travel to various places in Korea.