Koreans kept it local in 2025 as domestic tourism rebounds

Koreans took more domestic trips, traveled for longer and spent more doing so last year, reversing a yearlong dip, with growth concentrated in provincial regions outside the Seoul metropolitan area, the Ministry of Culture, Sports and Tourism said Tuesday.

The 2025 National Travel Survey found that 97 percent of Koreans took at least one domestic trip in 2025, up 1.6 percentage points from 2024.

They made 300.9 million domestic trips spanning 472.5 million days and spent 39.5 trillion won ($25.5 ...