Big jump in Seoul sports club numbers
글쓴이: sinews / 작성시간: 수, 12/07/2016 - 14:24The number of jump rope, dancesport and swimming clubs in Seoul has increased more than 300 percent in three years, reflecting a greater interest in everyday sports in the capital.
An infographic from the Seoul Institute Monday shows jump rope clubs increased by 423 percent, dancesport clubs by 361 percent and swimming clubs by 301 percent.
But soccer clubs have the greatest number of members, taking up 29.1 percent of the total number in all clubs, followed by badminton (4.6 percent) and taekwondo (4.2 percent) clubs.
Data also showed soccer club members outnumber those of other clubs in 19 of 25 districts. Sonpa-gu has the largest number of badminton club members, Yeongdeungpo-gu leads in taekwondo club members and Jungnang-gu and Jongno-gu are tops for badminton club members.