Incheon City Promotes Regional Specialized Wellness Tourism Destinations Including Islands and Marine Resources

10 Wellness Tourism Destinations Selected This Year for Customized Support

Paradise City Cimer [Provided by Incheon City]

[Asia Economy Reporter Park Hyesook] Incheon City is selecting and fostering specialized wellness tourism sites to help heal the bodies and minds of citizens exhausted by COVID-19 and to meet the changing domestic and international tourism demands.

On the 11th, the city announced that, together with the Incheon Tourism Organization, it has selected 10 specialized wellness tourism sites in Incheon and will promote customized support such as program operation tailored to each site's characteristics, staff training, interpretation, translation, marketing, and facility maintenance.

Accordingly, applications from businesses capable of operating wellness programs will be accepted until the 21st, followed by document screening and on-site evaluation, with the announcement of the 10 Incheon wellness tourism sites expected next month.

The city plans to select five additional wellness tourism sites annually until 2025 and decide on their continuation through reevaluation every two years.

It also plans to foster marine healing wellness tourism businesses utilizing island tourism resources and develop resident-led experiential integrated wellness programs.

In the long term, the city aims to expand the scope of business by linking with related industries such as cosmetics and food manufacturing, improve tourism infrastructure to attract more domestic and international tourists, and cultivate local talent.

The wellness tourism industry is a high value-added sector where travelers enjoy spas, relaxation, beauty, leisure, and sports for health promotion, healing, and relaxation, with spending levels higher than general tourism.

The Spa at Paradise [Provided by Incheon City]

Among the 51 wellness tourism sites recommended by the Korea Tourism Organization, Incheon includes two: Paradise City Cimer and The Spa at Paradise.

'Cimer' is an ancillary facility of the 5-star hotel Paradise City located on Yeongjongdo Island in Incheon, offering various wellness programs such as Aqua Float Yoga, Aqua Float Fit, EDM Yoga, Healing Touch, and Aroma Yoga. Unfortunately, it is currently closed due to COVID-19.

'The Spa at Paradise' is located on the 3rd floor of Paradise City Red Wing. Through differentiated personalized programs, visitors can choose skin care and massages for specific body parts tailored to themselves, with strict private space guarantees and non-overlapping routes, allowing safe enjoyment even during COVID-19.

An Incheon city official stated, "We hope to discover and foster wellness tourism sites with Incheon's unique colors such as islands and marine resources, raise regional awareness, and lead to the revitalization of the entire local tourism industry."

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