Gee, I wonder why that is…

by Robert Koehler on June 30, 2011

in Ministry of Barbarian Affairs

Yonhap reports that more foreigners visited Korea than Japan between January and April.

Tagged as: tourism

{ 6 comments… read them below or add one }

1 WangKon936 June 30, 2011 at 2:08 pm

‘Cause tourists don’t wanna glow in the dark… duh.

2 JG29A June 30, 2011 at 2:46 pm

Is it the same reason why there are plenty of seats available for Incheon->Tokyo, San Francisco->Tokyo and Tokyo->Incheon, but almost everything is booked for that second stage of my journey?

3 조엘 June 30, 2011 at 2:55 pm

Yes it’s the same reason. For a couple months there most of the flights to Tokyo were actually diverting to Seoul prior to proceeding to their final destination in Tokyo. This allowed them to somewhat offset the incredibly low load factors for Japan routes following the earthquake while simultaneously providing more options to Seoul (and the rest of Asia via Seoul) for their customers.

4 조엘 June 30, 2011 at 2:55 pm

I guess I should replace most with many there.

5 milton June 30, 2011 at 3:07 pm

Mirae Jet (the high speed boat company) was selling a $70 roundtrip ticket from Busan to Fukuoka during the month of June. I completely missed that.

I was looking into flights ICN-NRT and ICN-KIX, to see if I could score any deals for summer break, but surprisingly, prices looked to be about the same as usual for this time of year.

6 agoldensky July 1, 2011 at 9:00 am

Just another example of Korea gloating as Japan continues to suffer. See endless articles about auto sales, water exports, food sales, etc, each one gleefully skipping and smiling as it proclaims ‘Korea beats Japan – again!’ Future articles no doubt to include why Korean coastal areas are better developed than those in Japan, and an expose on poor sanitation in Japan, featuring images of dead bodies in fields and boats lazily parked on top of convenience stores. Do Korean’s honeslty believe noone from outside Korea sees this stuff?

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