Tuesday, February 21, 2017

Last year, I scratched 16.6 net direct foreign cards



[Korea Jeongseon financial newspaper reporters - the maximum amount ever recorded for the last year, Koreans are paying by card abroad.

The Bank of Korea 21 days announced by the $ 14.3 billion price with a card from last year's nationals abroad According to a 2016 card while abroad using earnings of the residents' 7.8% than a year ($ 13,264,000,000), 2015 (Billion 3600 million) it increased.

When converting a spinning solution last year to an annual average won / dollar exchange rate 1160.5 won an annual basis, up to a level of about 16.59 trillion won.

The Bank of Korea analyzed, according to the Korean outbound travelers will be increased. According to the Korea National Tourism Organization statistics, the departure overseas last year jumped 15.9 percent to 22.38 million people compared to the previous year (1931 million).

Just use the card overseas, but the amount used and the longevity increases both growth rate was slowing. The Bank of Korea has described as' being affected by last year's rise in the won / dollar rate. The won / dollar exchange rate rose by an annual average of 1160.5 won in 2016 at 1131.5 won last 2015 years.

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