Seoul resets tourism record with 1.61m foreign visitors in July

Seoul welcomed a record 1.61 million foreign tourists in July, while their spending rose sharply to 1.07 trillion won, according to the Seoul Metropolitan Government on Thursday.

Monthly spending by foreign visitors has now exceeded 1 trillion won for four consecutive months.

The number of foreign tourists in July was up 20.8 percent from a year earlier and 5.2 percent from the previous month.

Chinese tourists accounted for the largest share at 37.1 percent, followed by visitors from Japan at 15