BC Card ABC Report No. 16,
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, “Analysis shows that travelers who were looking overseas are now turning their focus to domestic travel.”,
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, “According to BC Card on the 23rd, there has been a sharp increase in sales in domestic travel-related industries last month. While sales in transportation and leisure sectors soared, sales in other sectors such as medical and education declined.”,
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, “There was a significant increase in sales in the transportation sector, which is mainly used for domestic travel. Last month, ferry sales increased by 53.3% compared to the previous month and surged by 122.1% compared to the beginning of the year. Travel agency sales last month increased by 13.3% compared to March and by 4.7% compared to January. Car rental and express bus sales in the last month increased by 6.3% and 4.1% respectively compared to the beginning of the year.”,
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, “With the increasing demand for domestic travel, the leisure and cultural sectors are also thriving. Last month, lodging sector sales increased by 8.8% compared to the previous month. Culture and sports sector sales in the last month increased by 34.1% and 15.5% respectively compared to March. On the other hand, medical sector sales recorded the largest decline of 7.7% compared to the previous month, followed by education (6.4%), bars (5.5%), and gas stations (2.8%).”,
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, “The number of outbound travelers is actually decreasing. According to the Tourism Information System’s outbound tourism statistics, the number of tourists who traveled abroad in March was 2.14 million, which is a 14.7% decrease compared to February (2.51 million). Compared to the beginning of the year (2.77 million), there was a 22.7% decrease.”,
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, “Woo Sang-hyeon, the Deputy General Manager of BC Card (Head of the New Financial Research Institute), stated, ‘Recently, with the dollar soaring up to 1,400 won in the past 3 months, along with the rising exchange rates of the euro and yuan, there is inevitably a burden on overseas travel.’ He also mentioned that ‘increasing demand for domestic tourism destinations that can be visited in a short time, including public holidays excluding weekends, seems to be a recent trend.”,
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