The Republic of Korea is located in Far East Asia (Figure 1). With a land area of 99,392 km2 (38,375 mi2) and a population of almost 49 million (25th in the world), its GDP per capita was US$33,200 in 2013 (42nd in the world).
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Chon, K., Kim, S. (2014). Korea (Republic), tourism. In: Jafari, J., Xiao, H. (eds) Encyclopedia of Tourism. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-01669-6_406-1
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