Visitor number to Jongmyo Shrine South Korea 2012-2023
South Korea's Jongmyo Shrine welcomed approximately 338.9 thousand visitors in 2023. This includes free and paid entries. This was a significant increase compared to the three previous years, when numbers declined in light of the COVID-19 pandemic.
Jongmyo Shrine is the oldest surviving Confucian shrine in the country and can be found in South Korea's capital Seoul, near Changdeokgung Palace and Changgyeonggung Palace. Built from 1394, it was added to UNESCO's World Heritage list in 1995.
