Many of us enjoy independent travel and want a trip that's off the beaten path.

But a group of Chinese holidaymakers are doing quite the opposite by forming a tour group made up of 8,000 people - the biggest of its kind in history.

Bizarrely, the main reason that the huge number of visitors will descend on Seoul in South Korea in the next few days is to eat traditional ginseng chicken soup.

Zhongmai Group in China has organised 8,000 of its employees into a single tour group. They will visit Seoul in South Korea to try their traditional ginseng chicken soup, similar to the one pictured

The group will have their chicken soup party next to the Banpo Bridge (pictured), which is known for its rainbow fountain show

The group, all employees of Chinese healthcare company Zhongmai Group, will arrive in Seoul between May 5 and May 9, according to Korean news site Yonhap.

Planned activities will be taking place between May 6 and May 10 before the visitors return to China in groups.

It's not clear where all the visitors will stay in Seoul but some of their activities have already been revealed.

Seoul government will be putting up 400 tables in Banpo Hangang Park, by the Han River, so that the group can try samgyetang, or ginseng chicken soup.

The soup will be transported to the site using 10 trucks weighing 2.5 tons each according to Huanqiu.

As part of the trip, the group will also be visiting Dongdaemun Market (pictured), Gyeongbok Palace, Namsan Hanok Village and Myeongdong and spend time in Everland, Imjingak and Peace Park

As no fire is allowed at the park, the soup will be pre-prepared before being put in vacuum packs.

It's estimated that the total cost of the 'chicken soup party' will be 60 million Won (£35,813), which will be split between the chicken soup provider, Seoul government and Zhongmai Group.

After dinner, the tour group will enjoy a live performance of the soundtrack from Korean TV series Descendants of the Sun, which has been extremely popular in China and is a regular trending topic on the country's main social media site Weibo.

As part of the trip, the group will also be visiting Dongdaemun Market, Gyeongbok Palace, Namsan Hanok Village and Myeongdong and spend time in Everland, Imjingak and Peace Park.

The trip is in part an incentive break for the employees and for the local government to promote samgyetang abroad.

According to the Yonghap report, South Korea is already selling the traditional dish to the USA to help people combat summer heat.

The trips have also become an important opportunity for South Korean brewers to promote their beer abroad.

Earlier this year, a Chinese beauty firm spent an estimated £15.7million to take 6,000 of its employees on a holiday to South Korea (pictured)

As part of their trip, they participated in an enormous beer and fried chicken party (pictured), which was inspired by another South Korean TV show

The Korea Herald reported that beer companies are competing to supply drinks to this and similar large-scale incentive tour groups from China.

One businessman in the beer trade said: 'It has become extremely important to find out when and where these Chinese reward trips are taking place.

'Not only is it important to obtain the information first, it is important to keep it a secret that we are making contact to be the supplier for the events.'

This is not the first time that a large incentive tour group has visited South Korea.

Earlier this year, MailOnline reported that a Chinese beauty firm spent an estimated £15.7million to take 6,000 of its employees on a holiday to South Korea.

As part of their trip, they participated in an enormous beer and fried chicken party, which was inspired by another South Korean TV show.