Gangnam Station, Myeong-dong most crowded

By Kwon Mee-yoo

Staff reporter

Last year, Kyobo Tower in Seocho District near Gangnam Station on subway line No. 2 was the most crowded area in Seoul with a floating population of 113,600 people a day.

Seoul City studied its floating population at 10,000 spots on major streets and facilities from August to November 2009 from 7 a.m. to 9 p.m. every day with 2,200 public workers.

The CGV cinema in Myeong-dong ranked second most crowded with 66,000 pedestrians walking past.Seven spots in Myeong-dong were included in the top 10 floating population areas. Third of the list was Teenie Weenie store in Myeong-dong (58,300 people) followed by Lotte Department Store in Sogong-dong (49,200) and M Plaza (48,000).

Overall, Myeong-dong was the most crowded and busiest area in Seoul. Dohansa near Insa-dong and Yeongdeungpo Station also made the list.

"We will use the data as base material to update the design of the city and improve the pedestrian environment," Song Jeong-hui of Seoul City said.

By days of the week, Friday evening from 6 p.m. to 7 p.m. was the most crowded with 393 people on average at all survey spots and the quietest time was on Saturday morning between 7 a.m. and 8 a.m.

The city also analyzed the characteristics of the floating population ㅡ 73 percent were walking alone, while 77 percent did not carry any bags.

The clothing of people varied according to location ― more than 87 percent of people in Myeong-dong were dressed casually, while 44 percent of the pedestrians on Teheran Street were in business attire.

서울서 가장 붐비는 곳은, 강남역과 명동

서울서 가장 붐비는 곳은 지하철 2호선 강남역 인근 교보 타워로 하루 평균 유동인구가 11만 3,600명이나 되어 작년 1위를 차지했다.

서울시는 2,200여명의 공공근로자를 동원해 작년 8, 9월 2개월간 아침 7시부터 저녁 9시까지 서울시 주요 장소 10,000 군데를 대상으로 매일 유동 인구를 조사하였다.

명동 CGV 시네마 부근이 매일 6만 6,000명의 보행자가 지나가 2위를 차지했다.

"티니 미니" 가게 (5만 8,300명), 소공동의 롯데 백화점 (4만 9,200명), 엠 플리자 (4만 8000명) 등의 명동의 7개 지점이 톱 10 유동 인구 지역에 들어갔다.