Gwanghwamun → Myeongdong → Yeouido, the place where the most people gathered on Christmas Eve last year.

On Christmas Eve evening last year, the place where the most people gathered in Seoul was found to be the Gwanghwamun area.

According to the Seoul Metropolitan Government's living population data, as of 7 p.m. on December 24, last year, the living population in Gwanghwamun and Jongno was tallied at 86,600, ranking first.

Next was Myeong-dong, Seoul, which is considered a Christmas attraction, with 83,400 people, followed by Yeouido, which has large shopping malls such as The Hyundai Seoul and IFC Mall, with 76,000 people.

Jamsil 3-dong and Jamsil Station in Songpa-gu, where Lotte World and Seokchon Lake are located, were also counted as places where large crowds gathered.

The Seoul Metropolitan Government has set up a general situation room at the venue in preparation for the Christmas crowd accident and is monitoring the dense situation through CCTV.