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Foreign tourists crowd a GS25 in Seoul’s Myeongdong at night
At 10 p.m.
in Seoul’s Myeongdong, a GS25 convenience store was packed with foreign tourists.
More than 20 people were waiting to pay in a store of about 30 pyeong, or roughly 99 square metres.
Some carried shopping bags with Olive Young logos and picked up late-night snacks such as banana milk and canned beer.
The store ranked among the top 20 GS25 locations by sales in Seoul’s Jung-gu district in 2020.
This year it ranked second among those stores.
The scene shows how foreign visitors’ convenience-store shopping can peak at night in the busy tourist area.
More than 20 foreign tourists queued at a GS25 convenience store in Seoul’s Myeongdong at about 10 p.m. on Oct. 26.
The queue took up nearly half of the roughly 30-pyeong store beneath a hotel.
Tourists carried shopping bags bearing Olive Young logos and held snacks including banana milk and canned beer.
The store rose from the top 20 in sales among GS25 stores in Seoul’s Jung-gu district in 2020 to second place this year.
- Who
- Foreign tourists.
- What
- They crowded a GS25 convenience store and queued to pay.
- When
- About 10 p.m. on Oct. 26. The year is not stated for the visit.
- Where
- A GS25 beneath a hotel in Myeongdong, Jung-gu, Seoul.
- Why
- Not stated.
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The store ranked among the top 20 GS25 stores by sales in Seoul’s Jung-gu district.
The store rose to second place by sales among GS25 stores in the district.
More than 20 foreign tourists queued at the store.
- Queue
- More than 20 people
- Store size
- Roughly 30 pyeong
- Location
- Myeongdong, Jung-gu, Seoul
- Sales ranking in 2020
- Among the top 20 GS25 stores in Jung-gu
- Sales ranking this year
- Second among GS25 stores in Jung-gu