Chinese Group Tourists Coming to Gyeonggi-do

Paju Heyri

Group tours of Chinese tourists are coming to Gyeonggi Province for the first time in six and a half years.

On the 23rd, Gyeonggi Province announced that 31 Chinese group tourists, symbolizing the 31st anniversary of Korea-China diplomatic relations and the 31 cities and counties of Gyeonggi Province, will visit major tourist sites in the province over two days from the 24th to the 25th of this month. They will depart from Heyri Art Village in Paju on the 24th, stay overnight at accommodation facilities in the province, and visit Gimpo Aegibong Peace Ecological Park and Yongin Korean Folk Village on the 25th.

This visit by Chinese group tourists to Gyeonggi Province is the first since March 2017, following the deployment of the Terminal High Altitude Area Defense (THAAD) system.

Earlier, after the Chinese government fully lifted the ban on group tours to Korea on August 10, Gyeonggi Province and the Gyeonggi Tourism Organization immediately contacted China Youth Travel Service, the second largest outbound travel agency in Qingdao, China, through their promotional office there, successfully attracting this group of tourists.

Gyeonggi Province and the Gyeonggi Tourism Organization plan to continue providing various incentives and hospitality campaigns to enhance the satisfaction of Chinese group tourists visiting Gyeonggi and encourage repeat visits.

Choi Yong-hoon, head of the Tourism Industry Division of Gyeonggi Province, stated, "We will do our best to develop customized experience products and provide convenience for Chinese tourists in preparation for the full-scale visit of Chinese group tourists."

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