Government Attracts Cruise Tourists Leveraging Global Festivals

Major Promotion of Pentaport Music Festival at Incheon Port
Suwon Hwaseong Cultural Festival and Hwacheon Sancheoneo Festival Also Featured

The government is attracting cruise tourists by promoting global festivals.

On the 7th, the Ministry of Culture, Sports and Tourism will hold a large-scale event at Incheon Port Cruise Terminal to promote the Incheon Pentaport Rock Festival in August. They will welcome about 4,000 passengers arriving on the 'Spectrum of the Seas' and present performances by The FIX and Crying Nut. Gift certificates will be provided to encourage visits to Incheon Sinpo International Market. The Spectrum of the Seas is a 170,000-ton cruise ship operated by Royal Caribbean, USA.

Promotion of the Incheon Pentaport Rock Festival is just the beginning. In March, the Ministry selected the Suwon Hwaseong Cultural Festival and Hwacheon Sancheoneo Festival as 'global festivals.' To increase foreign tourists by more than 100% by 2026, various promotional events and integrated overseas promotional demonstrations will be conducted. Seo Min-jung, Director of Domestic Tourism Promotion Division, said, "We plan to discover and promote linked tourism products that contain the unique charm of each region to attract cruise tourists. We will actively support not only cruises calling at domestic ports but also cruises using Korea as their homeport."

The Ministry of Oceans and Fisheries is also participating in the project. In addition to attracting cruises, they aim to increase the length of stay of related tourists around the five major domestic ports (Busan, Incheon, Jeju, Yeosu, Sokcho) to revitalize local tourism. They plan to jointly promote various support projects so that cruise tourists can experience the unique regional attractions of Korea.

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