Slow stays

The Data Lab tracks how long visitors actually remain in each of Korea's 229 districts. A long average stay means a place people settle into rather than tick off — the opposite of a tour-bus stop. These are the twenty slowest places in Korea.

• 1.울릉군경상북도avg 75.3h on site · 3.34 nights when sleeping over
• 2.제주시제주특별자치도avg 40.3h on site · 3.13 nights when sleeping over
• 3.거제시경상남도avg 39.7h on site · 2.72 nights when sleeping over
• 4.세종특별자치시세종특별자치시avg 35.2h on site · 3.03 nights when sleeping over
• 5.영양군경상북도avg 35h on site · 2.77 nights when sleeping over
• 6.양구군강원특별자치도avg 34.4h on site · 2.9 nights when sleeping over
• 7.진주시경상남도avg 33.7h on site · 2.95 nights when sleeping over
• 8.완도군전남광주통합특별시avg 33.7h on site · 2.8 nights when sleeping over
• 9.여수시전남광주통합특별시avg 33.3h on site · 2.59 nights when sleeping over
• 10.춘천시강원특별자치도avg 32.2h on site · 2.7 nights when sleeping over
• 11.영주시경상북도avg 32.1h on site · 2.79 nights when sleeping over
• 12.고흥군전남광주통합특별시avg 31.7h on site · 2.71 nights when sleeping over
• 13.구미시경상북도avg 31.4h on site · 2.98 nights when sleeping over
• 14.서귀포시제주특별자치도avg 31.4h on site · 3.09 nights when sleeping over
• 15.원주시강원특별자치도avg 31.3h on site · 2.81 nights when sleeping over
• 16.평택시경기도avg 31.2h on site · 3.05 nights when sleeping over
• 17.군산시전북특별자치도avg 30.5h on site · 2.73 nights when sleeping over
• 18.울진군경상북도avg 30h on site · 2.64 nights when sleeping over
• 19.서산시충청남도avg 29.8h on site · 2.81 nights when sleeping over
• 20.신안군전남광주통합특별시avg 29.5h on site · 2.75 nights when sleeping over

The pattern: islands (울릉군 — Ulleungdo — tops the country), east-coast harbor towns, and inland mountain counties. If you want the Korea where nobody is in a hurry, book a night in one of these.