Ministry of Culture, Sports and Tourism and Korea Tourism Organization Host the '1st Korea Wellness Tourism Festa'

[Asia Economy Reporter Donghyun Choi] The Ministry of Culture, Sports and Tourism and the Korea Tourism Organization announced on the 2nd that they will hold the "1st Korea Wellness Tourism Festa," centered on wellness tourism product discounts and free experience events, from the 6th to the 28th of this month.

More than 100 wellness tourism sites and local governments will participate in this event. Starting with the opening ceremony at Museum SAN in Wonju on the 6th, a discount campaign for 36 recommended wellness tourism sites nationwide (November 1 to December 5) and open classes at 15 recommended wellness tourism sites (November 7 to 21) will be held. Additionally, regional wellness tourism experience and promotional events conducted by eight metropolitan local governments (November 5 to 28) will provide opportunities for about 10,000 consumers to experience wellness tourism.

During the discount campaign, discount coupons worth up to 30,000 KRW per facility will be sold on a first-come, first-served basis to a total of about 6,000 people. The discount coupons can be purchased through TMON for the desired wellness tourism sites and used by making advance reservations for programs within the valid period. Also, through the open classes, participants can experience representative programs of 15 recommended wellness tourism sites nationwide for free by making advance reservations, such as the Geumgang Pine Forest Healing Program at Romijian Garden (Jeongseon) and the Barefoot Healing Program at Napoli Farm (Tongyeong). Program reservations have been ongoing since the 25th of last month, and reservations for each program will close once capacity is reached.

Information related to event participation can be found on the event website, and inquiries can also be made to the event secretariat.

Meanwhile, to promote wellness tourism overseas, the Korea Tourism Organization is conducting branch promotions, including a live online wellness program experience from "Healience Sun Village" (Hongcheon) for branches in Hong Kong, Jakarta, and Vladivostok, as well as a familiarization tour inviting influencers from the Middle East this month.

Park Yonghwan, head of the Medical Wellness Team at the Korea Tourism Organization, stated, "Once international tourism normalizes after COVID-19, we plan to continuously nurture the Festa so that it can become a representative wellness tourism content that promotes Korea."

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