KOTRA Foreign Investment Ombudsman Holds Meeting with Hotel Industry

[Asia Economy Reporter Suyeon Woo] KOTRA Foreign Investment Ombudsman held a "Meeting to Hear Difficulties of the Global Hotel Industry" on the 2nd at the Seoul City Hall conference room together with the Seoul Metropolitan Government.

This event was organized for KOTRA and the Seoul Metropolitan Government to directly listen to the difficulties faced by the global hotel industry due to the COVID-19 pandemic. It was held with the participation of Seoul City's quarantine management team, tourism service improvement team, investment attraction team, the American Chamber of Commerce in Korea, and six global hotels located in Seoul.

Representatives of the global hotel industry attending the meeting expressed their gratitude for the excellent COVID-19 quarantine efforts by the government and Seoul City, and emphasized their best efforts to comply with government quarantine guidelines.

Additionally, the hotel industry conveyed to the Foreign Investment Ombudsman and Seoul City the difficulties faced due to the prolonged COVID-19 pandemic and suggestions regarding social distancing regulations. In particular, they requested the application of consistent quarantine guidelines at the Seoul city level and the establishment of communication channels to prevent confusion caused by different interpretations of quarantine guidelines in each district.

Seoul City stated that it will listen to the difficulties of the hotel industry and carefully review the raised suggestions. It also mentioned that it will maintain a close cooperative system to ensure consistent quarantine guidelines are communicated to hotels at the forefront of public quarantine and continue efforts to improve the foreign investment environment.

Kim Sung-jin, Foreign Investment Ombudsman, said, "Thanks to our country's excellent quarantine system, a consensus on compliance with quarantine guidelines has been formed in the global hotel industry," and added, "We will continue to provide a platform for communication between policy authorities and foreign-invested companies."

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