SEOUL, Korea – South Korea’s tourism surplus through the first 10 months of 2014 has already set an all-time high compared with totals from previous years, data showed Sunday, on the back of the rising number of Chinese visitors.

The country’s tourism surplus came to US$14.7 billion in the January-October period, surpassing the previous record of $14.1 billion posted for the whole of last year, the data compiled jointly by the Ministry of Culture, Sports, and Tourism and the Korea Culture and Tourism Institute showed.

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1 billion posted for the whole of last year, the data compiled jointly by the Ministry of Culture, Sports, and Tourism and the Korea Culture and Tourism Institute showed.
South Korea’s tourism surplus through the first 10 months of 2014 has already set an all-time high compared with totals from previous years, data showed Sunday, on the back of the rising number of Chinese visitors.
7 billion in the January-October period, surpassing the previous record of $14.