Acting President Han Announces Measures to Stabilize Tourism Market
Full Effort to Revive Tourism Market Hit by Recent Martial Law,
Incheon Airport Terminal 2 Arrivals Area. Yonhap News,
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, ‘The government is pushing for visa-free entry for Chinese group tourists. Additionally, 70% of next year’s tourism budget of 1.3 trillion KRW will be allocated in the first half of the year. Amid growing concerns about the domestic tourism industry due to the recent martial law situation, the government plans to put full effort into revitalizing tourism.’,
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, “On the morning of the 26th, Acting President and Prime Minister Han Deok-Su chaired the 9th National Tourism Strategy Meeting at the National Museum of Korea in Seoul, where he announced these ‘tourism market stabilization measures.'”,
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, ‘First, the government plans to expand the domestic tourism market by improving entry and exit conveniences for tourists visiting Korea. As part of this, a pilot implementation of a visa-free system for Chinese group tourists organized through designated Korea-China travel agencies is being considered.’,
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, ‘Furthermore, the period for exempting the Electronic Travel Authorization (K-ETA) for regions and countries currently receiving a temporary waiver, as well as the visa issuance fee waiver period for group tourists from China, Vietnam, the Philippines, Indonesia, Cambodia, and India, will be extended until December next year.’,
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, “The government plans to allocate 9.4 trillion KRW, which is 70% of next year’s tourism budget, in the first half of the year and increase three specialized financial support measures for tourism businesses starting in January. These ‘three specialized financial supports for tourism businesses’ include general loans of 5.365 trillion KRW, interest subsidies of 1 trillion KRW, and credit-guaranteed loans of 700 billion KRW. An emergency special loan of 500 billion KRW will also be provided to establish a safety net for the tourism industry.”,
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, ‘To convey that traveling to Korea is safe worldwide, proactive tourism marketing efforts will be made. In January next year, the ASEAN+3 Tourism Ministers Meeting and the International Tourism Trade Fair (FITUR) in Spain, among other major international events, will be actively promoted. Collaborative campaigns with major global media and influential influencers will be conducted to promote tourism to Korea.’,
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, “Major events will be scheduled for the first half of next year. The large-scale shopping cultural tourism festival, ‘Korea Grand Sale,’ will be held in January and February next year to quickly increase winter tourism demand to Korea.”,
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, “In particular, a major Hallyu (Korean Wave) comprehensive event, ‘Beyond K-Festa,’ will be newly established in June next year, and the ‘Korea Beauty Festival,’ a comprehensive K-Beauty experience event, will be held in June-July next year to intensively attract tourists to Korea.”,
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, ‘During the meeting, Acting President Han stated, “Given the recent domestic situation, the recovery trend in the tourism market may stall, and the appetite for visiting Korea may decline. Therefore, the government must exert all efforts to stabilize the tourism market and achieve maximum results.”‘,
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