"Let's Travel During Chuseok Holidays"… Ministry of Culture, Sports and Tourism Distributes 300,000 Accommodation Coupons

'Chuseok Holiday Accommodation Sale Festa'
30,000 KRW Discount on Stays Over 50,000 KRW
Total 44 Online Travel Agencies and Over 30,000 Accommodations Participating

The Ministry of Culture, Sports and Tourism announced on the 19th that it will hold the 'Korea Accommodation Sale Festa with the Chuseok Holiday' in collaboration with the Korea Tourism Organization.

Accommodation Sale Festa Poster [Photo by Korea Tourism Organization]

Originally, accommodation discount coupons were scheduled to be distributed in November, the off-season for travel, but the timing was moved up to the Chuseok holiday to take advantage of the golden holiday created by the designation of October 2nd as a temporary holiday, aiming to revitalize domestic travel. A total of 300,000 coupons will be distributed.

This event involves a total of 44 online travel agencies and over 30,000 registered domestic accommodations (hotels, condos, motels, rural guesthouses, etc.).

Coupons offering a 30,000 KRW discount on accommodations costing 50,000 KRW or more will be provided through participating online travel agency channels. Coupons can be issued, reserved, and used from the 27th until the 15th of next month.

To enjoy budget-friendly travel during the long holiday, in addition to the 30,000 KRW discount coupons, various additional discount benefits linked to this event have been prepared, including extra coupons from each participating online travel agency, credit card discounts, and prize events.

Accommodation discount coupons can be used once per person during the Festa period. They can be issued daily from 10 a.m. until 7 a.m. the next day through participating online travel agency channels.

If the coupon is not used by 7 a.m. the next day after issuance or if the reservation is canceled, the coupon will automatically expire; however, if there are remaining coupons, reissuance is possible. This event will end early once all coupons are sold out.

These accommodation discount coupons cannot be used at unregistered illegal accommodations or for short-term room rentals, and minors (those born on or after January 1, 2004) are not eligible to receive them. Meanwhile, to allow small and medium-sized travel agencies that have difficulty with system integration development or lack exclusive sales channels to participate, a special section for small and medium agencies (11 companies) will be separately operated on the 11st website.

Yong Hoseong, Director of Tourism Industry Policy at the Ministry of Culture, Sports and Tourism, said, "This accommodation discount coupon project was prepared swiftly after the announcement of the Chuseok holiday livelihood measures to ensure that the public and industry can feel the benefits."

The Ministry of Culture, Sports and Tourism and the Korea Tourism Organization plan to distribute accommodation discount coupons once again through the 'Korea Accommodation Sale Festa Nationwide Edition' from October 27th to November 24th.

For detailed information on how to use the coupons, please visit the '2023 Korea Accommodation Sale Festa' information page on the Korea Tourism Organization’s Korea Travel Online website starting from the 20th.

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