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Tuesday 19 October 2021 11:13 am  |  Updated:  Tuesday 19 October 2021 11:30 am

Green light for South Korea as Squid Game fans flock to the country

By: Ilaria Grasso Macola

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Squid Game Causes Soaring Popularity For Nostalgic Korean Candies
SEOUL, SOUTH KOREA - OCTOBER 09: A girl enjoy Dalgona candy at a shop on October 09, 2021 in Seoul, South Korea. Dalgona, a South Korean sweet featured as one of the lethal challenges in the Netflix TV series Squid Game has become a global craze, boosting business for South Korean street vendors who sell the Dalgona candy. (Photo by Chung Sung-Jun/Getty Images)

Travel search engine Kayak has registered a surge in the number of British people searching for flights to South Korea since Squid Game premiered on Netflix.

Kayak’s research showed that searches have gone up 50 per cent since the South Korean dystopian drama premiered on 17 September.

Under the current travel restrictions, travels from the UK to South Korea are allowed with a negative PCR test issued 72 hours before departure and a Korean Electronic Travel Authorisation.

With an audience of 130 million people worldwide, Squid Game was crowned Netflix’s biggest debut hit and the platform’s most-watched original series but was recently dethroned by You in the Netflix US’s top 10 list.

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