Finding Leisure... Top 100 Untact Tourist Destinations
Korea Tourism Organization and Regional Tourism Institutions Council Recommend Safe Places to Enjoy Amid COVID-19 Impact
[Asia Economy Reporter Yongjun Cho] One hundred contactless tourist destinations suitable for enjoying summer vacations while avoiding the novel coronavirus infection (COVID-19) have been selected.
The Korea Tourism Organization and the Regional Tourism Organization Council, composed of seven regional tourism organizations (RTOs), announced the nationwide "Top 100 Contactless Tourist Destinations" to enable citizens to travel domestically in a relaxed and safe manner, avoiding COVID-19, in places such as mountains, rivers, and recreational forests.
These include Baramsae Village Picnic Garden in Pyeongtaek, Gyeonggi Province; Beolyeong-ri Metasequoia Road in Yeongdeok, Gyeongbuk Province; Hanbat Arboretum in Daejeon; Hwangnyeongsan in Busan; Mongchontoseong in Seoul; Gyodongdo in Incheon; and Gosalli Forest Trail in Jeju.
These tourist destinations were selected by reviewing criteria such as △tourist spots that were previously not well known △individual or family-themed tourist destinations △outdoor tourist sites △tourist spots practicing social distancing through self-imposed visitor limits, among the recommended local tourist sites from regional tourism organizations.
The council expects that, in connection with the 2020 Special Travel Week (July 1?19), this will contribute to spreading a culture of safe travel, alleviating the concentration of tourists at some famous tourist spots, and dispersing travel demand to some extent.
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Jung Chang-wook, head of the National Tourism Strategy Team at the Korea Tourism Organization, said, "We will work with regional tourism organizations to establish safe travel as a new travel culture in the COVID-19 era," and added, "We will focus on not only establishing a culture of safe travel but also actively discovering new tourism content to further revitalize domestic travel."
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