Visitors offered 70% duty-free discounts in Korean tourism drive

3-Jul-2003

South Korean tourism office and duty-free operator Korea National Tourism Organization has announced a major promotional drive targeting US, Chinese and Japanese visitors.

? South Korean tourism office and duty-free operator Korea National Tourism Organization has announced a major promotional drive targeting US, Chinese and Japanese visitors. The organization, which anticipated welcoming over 5.45m visitors to the country in 2003, launched the campaign through its website www.tour2korea.com earlier this week, in an attempt to offset the 15% year-on-year decrease in visitor umbers for the year so far.

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