'Full Lifting of Social Distancing'... Gangneung City Offers 'Incentives' for Group Tour Bookings

Published 21 Apr.2022 07:40(KST)

Updated 21 Apr.2022 07:48(KST)

Relaxation of Incentive Payment Criteria by Lowering Tourist Attraction from 20 to 10 People

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[Asia Economy Reporter Ra Young-cheol] Gangneung City announced on the 21st that "with the full lifting of social distancing measures, it will actively implement an incentive system to revitalize tourism for travel agencies operating group tours."

In particular, the incentive support system for attracting group tourists will be promoted in a direction that expands support for tourism businesses by relaxing the domestic tourist criteria from 20 people to 10 people in response to the trend of small-scale and individual tourism.

The group tourist attraction incentive system provides travel agencies that attract 10 or more domestic and international tourists and conduct accommodation tourism according to sector-specific standards with KRW 10,000 per domestic tourist and KRW 15,000 per foreign tourist per night, and KRW 15,000 per domestic tourist and KRW 20,000 per foreign tourist for two nights.

A city official said, "With the lifting of social distancing measures, the number of tourists visiting Gangneung City is expected to increase further," adding, "This will breathe new life into the tourism industry, which has been stagnant due to COVID-19."