The U.S. gets about 800,000 Korean visitors per year currently, and that number could double in 2009 because of this program, said Austin Kang, co-chair of the Korean Visa Waiver Committee. In Hawaii, tourists from South Korea could double to 80,000 next year and quadruple to 160,000 by 2010, Kang said....
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