By Kang Seung-woo
Starting today, the Korea Tourism Organization (KTO) is launching a welcoming week that will provide tourists from Southeast Asia with multilingual information services and discount coupons for the nation's major attractions on the occasion of the ASEAN-Korea Commemorative Summit.
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During the ASEAN Welcome Week until Dec. 11, the KTO, along with the Ministry of Culture, Sports and Tourism, will offer information services in Vietnamese, Thai, Burmese and Indonesian for tourists at the arrival immigration area in Incheon International Airport.
Five tourist information centers for ASEAN tourists will be set up at the airport's two terminals as well as Myeong-dong in central Seoul and Haeundae Beach and Gimhae International Airport in Busan.
At these information centers, visitors from ASEAN countries will receive a welcoming gift including souvenirs, a travel guide booklet with coupons for a number of services, and information on how to reach the tourist information hotline 1330.
The coupons provide discounts of up to 20 percent at about 60 places in Seoul, Gyeonggi Province, Busan and Daegu including Lotte World and Petite France, as well as special performances such as "Nanta" and "Jump."
"Among the uncertain Japanese market situation, we are actively deploying diversified marketing activities toward Southeast Asia," said Kim Hyung-joon, director of the KTO's Southeast Asia and Middle East team.
