The places most visited by Seoul residents and tourists in the fall turned out to be the "palaces."
The Seoul Metropolitan Government announced on the 22nd the results of an analysis of "Seoul tourism data" on local attractions for the month of Oct. last year.
Seoul tourism data was built by the Seoul Metropolitan Government and LG Uplus. The city said it comprehensively analyzed social media (SNS) mentions, mobile network usage and visit ratios by age group, foreign visitor inflow rates, and stay characteristics by area to produce these results.
The top spot for fall attractions in Seoul was the "royal palaces." As of Oct. last year, "Gyeongbokgung" had the most SNS mentions with 30,222. Changgyeonggung and Changdeokgung (13,146, No. 5) and Deoksugung (11,169, No. 7) also ranked in the top 10.
The No. 2 fall attraction preferred by residents was Seoul Forest. Seoul Forest had the second-most SNS mentions with 23,873. The rest were The Hyundai Seoul (16,419), Cheonggyecheon (15,374), Namsan Seoul Tower (12,214), Yeouido Hangang Park (10,993), Nodeulseom (8,636), and Myeong-dong Street (8,299).
The Seoul Metropolitan Government operates a real-time urban data service that provides information on popular local attractions along with live updates on congestion and parking conditions. The platform analyzes in real time population, transportation, environment, and cultural event information across 120 areas in Seoul, allowing users to directly check "areas that are crowded now." It displays population congestion levels and provides road conditions, remaining parking spaces, and environmental indices such as temperature, fine dust, and ultraviolet rays.
Kang Ok-hyeon, director general of the Seoul Digital City Bureau, said, "We will record even the palaces' autumn foliage, Namsan's nightscape, and the Han River's breeze in data so residents can enjoy Seoul more conveniently."