After declaring the country was
already safe from MERS disease, Korean government trough its tourism agency
Korea Tourism Organization (KTO) is aggressively promoting ‘visit Korea’ aroud
the globe including Indonesia as one of the largest market for Korea tourism.
This weekend, on his visit to
Indonesia, Vice-Minister of Culture and Sports, Mr. Kim Chong along with Visit
Korea Committee and KTO Jakarta Office introduce ‘Korea Grand Sale’ event as
the best way of frugal and trendy shopping in Korea for foreign tourists.
“This event aims to increase the
number of foreign tourists, specially from Indonesia, to visit Korea. Apart
from restoring domestic economy, the most important thing we want to recover the
image of Korea tourism as before the outbreak of MERS,” Kim Chong said on press
briefing in Jakarta, Friday (28/08/2015).
According to KTO Jakarta Office,
approximately 2.000 Indonesian cancaled their trip to Korea due to MERS
outbreak. In normal situation, on the average, there are more than 208.000
tourists from Indonesia visiting Korea every year. Now, to boost the number of
Indonesian tourist to come to Korea, The Korean Embbasy in Jakarta offers convenience to get entry visa and KTO Jakarta
provide five Korea tour packages namely Muslim Tour Package, More than 6 Days
Tour Package, Korea Tour Package to the
area other than Seoul and Gyeonggi, Premium Korea Tour Package and Korea Tour
Package to Jeju.
And now, for 79 days ahead, from
August 14-October 31, foreign tourists will enjoy Korea Grand Sale event. As the
theme for this year “Magical Moment in Korea’, the event will spoil the
shoppers with four different theme every weekend; a Must-Eat Week, a Must-See
Week, a Must-Buy Week dan a Must-Do Week with many additional discounts or free
gifts.
“Korea Grand Sale event will take
you to experience all about Korea with food, spectacles, and entertainment, and
also you can buy best quality products with affordable price,” Director of KTO
Jakarta Oh Hyonjae said.
Thereabouts 250 companies will join
many various events held in more than 30.000 venues throughout Korea.
KTO Jakarta said that this Korea
Grand Sale also a preliminary for Visit Korea 2016 campaign and Winter Olympic
Games that will take place in Pyongchang in 2018. []
*For detail information you can
visit the website Korea Grand Sale Event
