Foreign tourist arrivals to S. Korea top 2 mln in July

Foreign tourist arrivals in South Korea surpassed 2 million in July, rising more than 20 percent from a year earlier and exceeding pre-pandemic levels, tourism data showed Tuesday. The number of foreign visitors reached 2.09 million last month, up 20.8 percent from 1.73 million a year earlier, according to figures released by the Korea Tourism Organization. The total represents 144.6 percent of the arrivals recorded in July 2019, before the coronavirus pandemic severely disrupted international t