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Foreign Tourist Arrivals in South Korea Surge by 17.3% in November

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Seoul, Dec 30 (IANS) The number of foreign visitors to South Korea rose sharply in November, climbing 17.3 per cent from a year earlier as the country’s tourism sector continues to recover to pre-pandemic levels, official data showed on Tuesday.According to figures from the Korea Tourism Organization (KTO), about 1.6 million foreign tourists visited in November, up from 1.36 million a year ago and 9.6 percent higher than the same month in 2019, before the COVID-19 pandemic.China remained the lar…