Busan
South Korea
Busan, officially Busan Metropolitan City, is the second most populous city in South Korea, after Seoul; it has a population of over 3.3 million as of 2024. It is the economic, cultural and educational center of southeastern South Korea, with its port being South Korea's busiest and the sixth-busiest in the world. The surrounding "Southeastern Maritime Industrial Region" is South Korea's largest industrial area. The large volumes of port traffic and urban population in excess of 1 million makes Busan a Large-Port metropolis using the Southampton System of Port-City classification.
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Practical facts
- Local time
- UTC+9 · 15 h ahead of Costa Rica
- Main language
- Korean
- On the map
- 35.17° N, 129.07° E
Near Busan
- Tongyeong · 68 km away
- Gyeongju · 76 km away
- Daegu · 90 km away
- Jeonju · 191 km away
- Fukuoka · 214 km away
- Shimonoseki · 218 km away
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Where to stay
Hound Hotel Busan Station
10/10 · 1165 reviews
Best Louis Hamilton Hotel Gwangan
9.8/10 · 228 reviews
Lotte Hotel Busan
9.6/10 · 3439 reviews
Shilla Stay Busan Haeundae
9.4/10 · 2780 reviews
H Avenue Hotel Gwangalli branch
9.4/10 · 360 reviews
Uniqstay
9.4/10 · 116 reviews
ASTI Hotel Busan Station
9.2/10 · 2667 reviews
Avani Central Busan
9.2/10 · 1114 reviews
Park Hyatt Busan
9.2/10 · 642 reviews
Hotel Aqua Palace
9.2/10 · 349 reviews