The world's busiest air route is between Seoul and an island you've probably never heard of
New York to LA? London to Paris? Beijing to Shanghai?
Chances are your first guess wasn't the domestic from Seoul to Jeju, the capital of Jejudo island in South Korea. Last year saw over 11 million people make the trip between the two cities - the next busiest air route, Tokyo to Sapporo, didn't even come close with just under eight million passengers.
South Korean domestic flights from Seoul to Jeju are so popular that you can board one every 15 minutes. According to Google, there are around 200 flights that make the journey in either direction every day.
So - why? What's drawing absurd numbers of Koreans to this mysterious island? First of all, it's not just Koreans that can't resist the lure of Jejudo - in 2014, Chinese travel giant Ctrip announced that Jeju was behind the spike in Chinese tourists visiting the Republic of Korea.
The Chinese, in particular, are flocking to the island because of its visa-free entry requirements and abundance of casinos (which are banned in China).
Most of the tourism, however, is domestic. Jeju is often touted as the "Hawaii of South Korea," and honeymooners and holidaymakers come here by the bucket/plane load to bask in Jeju's natural beauty.
According to locals, though, Jeju has a dark side.
In 1948, an uprising led by communist sympathisers was violently repressed by the Korean government and US military. 30,000 islanders died and many more were subject to atrocities due to the uprising. Today, many people arrive under the umbrella of "dark tourism" - to experience the harrowing history of the island via places like the 4.3 Peace Park memorial.
These pictures offer at look at why Jeju welcomes millions of visitors every year, whatever their intention:
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