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Jeju Island will get a second airport, according to an announcement on Tuesday by the Ministry of Land, Infrastructure and Transport.
The airport, to be located in the southeast, will be completed before 2025 to accommodate the surge in tourists visiting the island.
The decision to construct the one-runway airport was made with consideration to how the second airport would minimize costs and environmental damage.
Construction is estimated to cost 4.1 trillion won ($3.54 billion).
Visitors to Jeju continue to increase due to the surge in Chinese tourists and the popularity of low-cost carriers.
Some 23.2 million visited last year, and this year as of September has already seen 19.28 million. Some 28.3 million are forecasted to visit in 2018 and around 40 million by 2025.
