Korea Tourism Organization announced 100 representative tourist attractions in Korea 2017

'Jangheung Jeong Nam Jin Saturday Market'.

The Ministry of Culture, Sports and Tourism and the Korea Tourism Organization selected 100 tourist sites that represent Korea on the 9th.
Thirty-three sites including Hongik University in Seoul and the DMZ in Gangwon-do were newly added to the main tourist attractions this year.

The Ministry of Culture and Tourism's '100 tourist sites representing Korea list' was introduced for the first time in 2013, and it promoted 100 local tourist attractions once every two years.

'Jeju Jeolmul Recreational Forest'

This year, 33 new places were added including Hongdae street in Seoul, Itaewon Tourism Special District, Lotte World, Incheon Songdo Central Park, Gwangmyeong Cave, Kangwon Goseong DMZ, Cheonnam Cheongsando, Ulsan Tae Wae river seepri Bamboo Forest etc.


In addition, there are a number of places that have been transformed into local specialized tourism resources by reinterpreting existing resources such as Donghwa Village in Songwol-dong Incheon, Jeonbuk Samseong Culture and Art Village, Gwangju Yanglim-dong Historical Culture Village, Jeju Geological Trail and Kangnung Coffee Street.

There has been increase in the percentage of young people visiting place in the top 100 list such as Lotte World, Everland, Vivaldi Park Ocean World, Jeju Eco Land Theme Park and Seoul Land, as well as specialized streets such as Myeongdong, Hongdae, Itaewon, Insa-dong and Gamcheon Culture Village.

Kukseong Seomjin River Train Village

The traditional market, which has been transformed into a culture tourism type market, is also increasingly used as tourism resources. Traditional markets such as Plaza Market, Daein Art Market, Jeong nam Jin Saturday Market, Seogwipo Daily Olle Market were selected as one of the 100 Best Sightseeing Spots by attracting tourists with various product development and cultural art performances.

By region, 24 metropolitan areas, 12 Kangwon areas, 10 Chungcheong areas, 25 recreational areas, 17 Jeonju areas and 12 Jeju areas and so on.
Metropolitan area saw the number increased by 6 compared to 2015.

The 100 Korean tourist attractions were selected through online surveys such as tourist awareness, satisfaction, and intention to visit as well as telecom, SNS, navigation big data analysis and tourist growth rate, search volume, and tourism statistics such as professional written and field evaluations.
For more information, please visit the Korean National Tourism Organization's "Every corner of Korea" on  www.visitkorea.or.kr.

Gangnung Coffee Street