The popularization of air travel is increasing in both Brazil and the rest of the world. Here, you must imagine that the busiest stretch is the Rio-SP air bridge, right? Absolutely right! But this is only the 5th most overloaded route in the world, which has a winner beyond unusual. Can you find out?

Nor will we make any mystery, as it is very difficult: it is the flight between Seoul and Jeju Island, both in South Korea! There are about 120 planes a day that make this two-way journey. In 2017, there were exactly 64, 991 landings and takeoffs between these destinations, which are 450 km apart.

Jeju Island is called “South Korea's Hawaii, ” with numerous attractions throughout the year. Beaches with mild temperatures and the dormant Hallasan volcano, which is also the highest point in the country with an altitude of 1, 950, are some of the attractions. Jeju also has a park called Land of Love, which features 140 works of art exposed outdoors and depicting countless sexual scenes! The island also has numerous statues similar to the Easter Island Moais in Chile, which are called Grandfather Statues and represent fertility.

Jeju Island is known as South Korea's Hawaii

And that's not all! Jeju, despite being the smallest province in South Korea, is the largest island in the country with 560, 000 inhabitants. Haenyo Mermaids are famous there: old women who hold their breath for more than 2 minutes and dive in the Strait of Korea in search of sea urchins, a delicacy served throughout the country, but especially on this island.

Jeju also welcomes numerous Chinese tourists as it has several casinos - in China they are banned. Almost 2 million Chinese go there every year, not counting, of course, the people of South Korea itself. The island is so beautiful that, in 2011, it was on the list of 7 Wonders of the World, next to the Iguazu Falls. and the Amazon rainforest!

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What about the rest of Top Aereo?

If you were curious about the other "crowded" routes in the world's airspace, we'll show you. The data refer to 2017 and were accounted for by the British company OAG. Check out:

• 1st place : Seoul Jeju: 64, 991 flights
• 2nd place : Melbourne Sydney: 54, 519 flights
• 3rd place : Mumbai Delhi: 47, 462 flights
• 4th place : Fukuoka Tokyo: 42, 835 flights
• 5th place : Rio de Janeiro Sao Paulo: 39, 325 flights
• 6th place : Sapporo Tokyo: 38, 389 flights
• 7th place : Los Angeles San Francisco: 34, 897 flights
  
• 8th place : Brisbane Sydney: 33, 765 flights
• 9th place : Cape Town Johannesburg: 31, 914 flights
• 10th place : Beijing Shanghai: 30, 029 flights

Arrivals and Departures

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