지난달 한국 찾은 일본 관광객 19% 증가<br /><br />Despite the ongoing trade spat between Seoul and Tokyo, the number of Japanese tourists coming to South Korea increased last month.<br />According to Korea Tourism Organization, the number of Japanese visitors rose 19 point-2 percent in July compared to the same month last year.<br />That was even bigger than the increase in tourist numbers overall, which rose 15-point-4 percent to an estimated 1-and-a-half million people.<br />The driving force would have been young Japanese women.<br />A recent study showed that 63 percent of Japanese tourists are female, and the largest age group were tourists in their 20s and 30s.<br />