[Over 17 million foreign tourists visited South Korea in the first nine months of this year] According to reports, a data released by the South Korean Ministry of Culture, Sports and Tourism on October 22 showed that the total number of foreign tourists visiting South Korea from January to September this year reached 17.11 million, a year-on-year increase of 21.5%, reaching 90.3% of last year's full year (18.94 million), and is expected to surpass last year's full year record within this month. During the same period, foreigners' travel-related credit card consumption in South Korea reached 15.9416 trillion won (approximately RMB 80.2 billion), a year-on-year increase of 47.7%. In addition, the number of foreign tourists entering through local airports increased by 37.4% year-on-year to 3.24 million; the number of foreign tourists entering through local ports increased by 14.5% year-on-year to 1.58 million.