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Yesterday (29th), the number of Itaewon Station users was 130,000, three times more than last week.
Too many people gathered at the thought of being able to enjoy Halloween without a mask after three years.
Correspondent Kim Hyung-rae.
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On Saturday night, two days before Halloween, the streets of Itaewon were overcrowded with crowds to enjoy the first 'no-mask' Halloween festival in three years.
The police estimated that at least 100,000 people would come every day for three days on Friday, Saturday, and Sunday during the Halloween festival.
It has more than tripled from the same day of the week last week, and is more than 30% higher than the Saturday during Halloween in 2019, before social distancing.
[Witness: Not only Itaewon's Waikiki Alley, but the whole Itaewon was just lying there, just there.]
Halloween is one of America's representative holidays, and every year on the last day of October, a festival is held in bizarre costumes such as ghosts and monsters. bee.
In Korea, since the mid-2010s, the number of people enjoying parties, mainly native speaker instructors and international students, has gradually increased.
Therefore, during Halloween, large crowds gather in Itaewon, which has many foreign visitors such as US troops in Korea.
In response to this disaster, the government, local governments, and companies canceled related events one after another.
Halloween-related festivals scheduled to be held near Hongdae and Daehangno, Seoul, respectively, have been completely suspended, and theme parks such as Everland in Yongin and Lotte World in Jamsil have also decided not to hold all events that continue until next month.
(Video coverage: Kim Hak-mo, Kim Seung-tae, video editing: Park Chun-bae)