Outbound travelers jump over 40% in July
The number of South Koreans going overseas for vacation jumped more than 40 percent on-year in July as more people flock to foreign destinations despite a prolonged slump in domestic demand, industry data showed Tuesday. Hana Tour Co., the nation’s leading tour agency, said the number of its clients going abroad came to 289,000 last month, up 43.3 percent from the same month last year. hina was the destination that saw the biggest on-year jump with 92.3 percent, followed by Japan [...]