South Korea has been bought, and there are too many Chinese tourists.
On October 2, South Korea made it clear that it is necessary to eradicate discriminatory collectives that harm national interests.
South Korea stressed that after the implementation of visa-free entry for Chinese team tourists, the Minghua commercial street reappeared, and South Korea should warmly welcome tourists!
This means that South Korea will adopt a comprehensive strategy to protect China tourists, and at the same time introduce a series of preferential measures to attract more China tourists. After all, after the implementation of the visa-free policy on September 29, a large wave of China tourists poured into South Korea.
The arrival of Chinese tourists has made South Korean business "live", South Korea's circulation industry has clearly recovered, the sales of convenience shops and supermarkets in foreigners gathering areas have jumped significantly, and tax-free shops have also re-imposed the hideous scene.
At the GS25 convenience store in Myeongdong, Seoul, the amount settled through wild cards such as Alipay and WeChat payment has soared a hundred times compared with the same period last week. Hot-selling products include K-pop albums, Netflix co-branded products and Bingerui banana milk, etc. The overall sales of this convenience store increased by more than 100%.
Sales of CU convenience stores increased by 25% compared with last week, with sales of stores visited by foreigners such as Myeongdong, Hongda, Shengshui, and Airport increasing by 38%. Lotte Mart, which operates 10 specialty stores for foreigners, saw store traffic increase by 35% compared with the same period last Monday, and sales increased by about 15%.
The sales of Chinese consumers in the "Musinsa Standard" shop in Minghua grew by 71 percent compared to last week. The Minghua shop in Minghua welcomed about 2,500 Chinese tourists (including 1,700 cruise tourists), a significant increase compared to the average daily traffic of thousands of people this month; and the traffic of new duty-free stores increased by about 30 percent compared to the usual day.
In order to make Chinese tourists' travel experience in South Korea more comfortable, the Korean government and businesses have made a lot of efforts. Incheon Airport has added 120 Chinese signs, the visitor center is equipped with staff who can speak Northeast dialect and Cantonese, and the luggage storage office supports WeChat code scanning storage; Seoul Metro has opened Alipay ticket purchase across the entire line, and you can travel easily without exchanging Korean won; Cosmetics stores post advertisements for "job fair clerks who speak Chinese"; The food stall hangs the Chinese menu.
Some South Korean supermarkets are planning to host South Korean food festivals from September 30 to October 15 in Seoul, Busan, Jeju and other specialty stores for foreign tourists; some hotels in the region of Seoul invite Chinese Red to attract more Chinese tourists through "accommodation experience marketing".
The South Korean government has also launched a series of preferential policies to attract China tourists. The Shilla Duty Free Shop provides cosmetics discounts of up to 60% to China tourists, and Lotte Duty Free Shop has resumed personal purchasing transactions. Some stores offer a 40-yuan discount for tourists who use Weixin Pay for more than 800 yuan, and a 30-yuan discount for tourists who use Alipay for more than 1000 yuan. South Korean convenience stores will also provide discounts or exchange rate discounts to customers who use relevant payments before the end of next month; South Korean takeout food delivery platform "Delivery Nation" has recently added these two payment channels to its app.
Of course, there are also some disharmonious voices.Individual far-right groups in South Korea have occasionally held demonstrations against China in Seoul, Dalian, and other places where tourists are concentrated in China.But South Korean President Li said on October 2 that the current domestic hate speech against specific countries and people in South Korea is being widespread, and this "hundreds of harmful and unprofitable self-harm" to the national interests and image must be thoroughly eliminated.
He asked, “When gratitude and welcome are not enough, there are people here spreading hate speech and hate speech, even humiliation, hassle, how can this be done?” “Tourists can consume millions of won at a time; if another 10 million entered, the effect is comparable to huge exports”, “but which country’s nationals would be willing to go to a country without a reason to scare them for tourism and shopping?”
Overall, the arrival of China tourists has played a positive role in promoting the recovery of South Korea's economy. The South Korean government and businesses are also working hard to improve the tourism environment and improve service quality to attract more China tourists. I believe that with the joint efforts of both sides, tourism exchanges between China and South Korea will become more frequent, and the friendship between the two peoples will become deeper and deeper.
Source: The Global Times (Leave a comment)
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On October 2, South Korea made it clear that it is necessary to eradicate discriminatory collectives that harm national interests.
South Korea stressed that after the implementation of visa-free entry for Chinese team tourists, the Minghua commercial street reappeared, and South Korea should warmly welcome tourists!
This means that South Korea will adopt a comprehensive strategy to protect China tourists, and at the same time introduce a series of preferential measures to attract more China tourists. After all, after the implementation of the visa-free policy on September 29, a large wave of China tourists poured into South Korea.
The arrival of Chinese tourists has made South Korean business "live", South Korea's circulation industry has clearly recovered, the sales of convenience shops and supermarkets in foreigners gathering areas have jumped significantly, and tax-free shops have also re-imposed the hideous scene.
At the GS25 convenience store in Myeongdong, Seoul, the amount settled through wild cards such as Alipay and WeChat payment has soared a hundred times compared with the same period last week. Hot-selling products include K-pop albums, Netflix co-branded products and Bingerui banana milk, etc. The overall sales of this convenience store increased by more than 100%.
Sales of CU convenience stores increased by 25% compared with last week, with sales of stores visited by foreigners such as Myeongdong, Hongda, Shengshui, and Airport increasing by 38%. Lotte Mart, which operates 10 specialty stores for foreigners, saw store traffic increase by 35% compared with the same period last Monday, and sales increased by about 15%.
The sales of Chinese consumers in the "Musinsa Standard" shop in Minghua grew by 71 percent compared to last week. The Minghua shop in Minghua welcomed about 2,500 Chinese tourists (including 1,700 cruise tourists), a significant increase compared to the average daily traffic of thousands of people this month; and the traffic of new duty-free stores increased by about 30 percent compared to the usual day.
In order to make Chinese tourists' travel experience in South Korea more comfortable, the Korean government and businesses have made a lot of efforts. Incheon Airport has added 120 Chinese signs, the visitor center is equipped with staff who can speak Northeast dialect and Cantonese, and the luggage storage office supports WeChat code scanning storage; Seoul Metro has opened Alipay ticket purchase across the entire line, and you can travel easily without exchanging Korean won; Cosmetics stores post advertisements for "job fair clerks who speak Chinese"; The food stall hangs the Chinese menu.
Some South Korean supermarkets are planning to host South Korean food festivals from September 30 to October 15 in Seoul, Busan, Jeju and other specialty stores for foreign tourists; some hotels in the region of Seoul invite Chinese Red to attract more Chinese tourists through "accommodation experience marketing".
The South Korean government has also launched a series of preferential policies to attract China tourists. The Shilla Duty Free Shop provides cosmetics discounts of up to 60% to China tourists, and Lotte Duty Free Shop has resumed personal purchasing transactions. Some stores offer a 40-yuan discount for tourists who use Weixin Pay for more than 800 yuan, and a 30-yuan discount for tourists who use Alipay for more than 1000 yuan. South Korean convenience stores will also provide discounts or exchange rate discounts to customers who use relevant payments before the end of next month; South Korean takeout food delivery platform "Delivery Nation" has recently added these two payment channels to its app.
Of course, there are also some disharmonious voices.Individual far-right groups in South Korea have occasionally held demonstrations against China in Seoul, Dalian, and other places where tourists are concentrated in China.But South Korean President Li said on October 2 that the current domestic hate speech against specific countries and people in South Korea is being widespread, and this "hundreds of harmful and unprofitable self-harm" to the national interests and image must be thoroughly eliminated.
He asked, “When gratitude and welcome are not enough, there are people here spreading hate speech and hate speech, even humiliation, hassle, how can this be done?” “Tourists can consume millions of won at a time; if another 10 million entered, the effect is comparable to huge exports”, “but which country’s nationals would be willing to go to a country without a reason to scare them for tourism and shopping?”
Overall, the arrival of China tourists has played a positive role in promoting the recovery of South Korea's economy. The South Korean government and businesses are also working hard to improve the tourism environment and improve service quality to attract more China tourists. I believe that with the joint efforts of both sides, tourism exchanges between China and South Korea will become more frequent, and the friendship between the two peoples will become deeper and deeper.
Source: The Global Times (Leave a comment)
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