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Foreign visitors drive record crowds at Seoul palaces
Foreign visitors drive record crowds at Seoul palaces SEOUL, September 25 (AJP) -Royal palaces in Seoul drew record crowds last year, led by a surge in foreign visitors to Gyeongbok Palace as interest in Korean pop culture increasingly spilled over into traditional heritage sites. Gyeongbok, the largest of Seoul’s four main royal palaces, attracted 6.89 million visitors in 2025, up 6.9 percent from 6.44 million a year earlier, according to data submitted by the Ministry of Culture, Sports and Tourism and the Korea Heritage Serv September 25, 2026