RoK to give week-long welcome for tourists from ASEAN

The Republic of Korea (RoK) is stepping up its efforts to attract visitors from member states of the Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN) with a special programme from November 20 to December 11.
RoK to give week-long welcome for tourists from ASEAN ảnh 1(Photo: Korea Tourism Organisation)
Hanoi (VNA) - The Republic of Korea (RoK) is stepping up its efforts toattract visitors from member states of the Association of Southeast AsianNations (ASEAN) with a special programme from November 20 to December 11.

The KoreanMinistry of Culture, Sports and Tourism and the Korea Tourism Organization(KTO) will run the campaign 'Korea Welcomes You! ASEAN Welcome Week 2019' tocelebrate 30 years since the establishment of the ASEAN-RoK diplomatic relationshipand ASEAN-RoK Commemorative Summit 2019 which will take place in Busan onNovember 25 and 26.

Boothswith information in Vietnamese, English, Thai, Burmese and Indonesian will bearranged at Incheon International Airport, Myeongdong Street (Seoul) andHaeundae beach (Busan). At these booths, tourists from ASEAN will receivegifts and coupon books which offer discounts up to 20 percent formore than 50 major tourist attractions in Seoul, Gyeonggi, Busan and Daegu.

Touristscan also enjoy virtual trips to famous destinations in the RoKthrough Virtual Reality (VR) technology and take photos withbeautiful landscapes and architecture as backgrounds at MyeongdongStation.

Thenumber of tourists from ASEAN in the first nine months of this year hasincreased 10.7 percent in comparison with the same period lastyear, according to Kim Hyung-joon from KTO.

The ASEAN groups 10 member states – Brunei, Cambodia, Indonesia,Laos, Malaysia, Myanmar, the Philippines, Singapore, Thailand and Vietnam./.
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