A [financial newspaper gimeunji Korea News] altitude missile defense systems (THAAD · Sad) as a retaliation of the Chinese economy for the batch spread around the Defense state that the duty-free industry is busy providing preparedness. Korea duty-free shops are relying more than 70% of sales to the Chinese tourists.
The Chinese government has entered a "Korea suspended tourism product sales, measures from 15 to twelve months in resisting Saad placed the Korean Peninsula.
South Korea before and after the two months 1-19 days visit of Chinese tourists issued a tourist ban has had plunged 21.9% YoY, was also reduced by 25% yoy in the last 18 to 19 sales of Lotte Duty Free Shop above the industry one while decreasing the Chinese tourists.
Same period of Shilla Duty Free sales showed a decrease of 25% compared to the same period last year, sales in the last 15 days after the Galleria Duty Free has shrunk about 20% to 30% than the average sales prior to the 15th day of March. HDC sales of Shilla Duty Free is just showed 30% compared to last week, a decline of 35% in sales last month compared to the case of the New World Duty Free.
The duty-free industry is to expand the promotion to expand tourists in Japan and South-East Asia, such as aggressively Muslim place of China.
Lotte Duty Free industry's top one was held in Tokyo and Osaka yangilgan last 23 and 24th at Lotte Hotel and Lotte Corporation, Lotte World Adventure, such as Group 4 'Korea Travel Expo hamkkehan Sawa. In this fair at the same time indicating the superiority of Korea Tourism was an opportunity next month, the 3rd grand opening scheduled for notifying the Lotte World Tower Travel.
The first day of the 23rd Fair in Tokyo Ritz-Carlton hotel after watching the promotional video produced by a local travel agency in Tokyo, 60 companies attended the Lotte Group 4 received four introduces the Korea Travel had a place to talk. I attended the 24th is more than 40 local travel agencies in Expo held in Osaka was in progress, such as South Korea Lotte Duty Free and Travel About Kansai Airport that benefits introduced.
Duty Free Galleria also a full-fledged Japanese tourists. Galleria Duty Free has announced the 27th JTB, followed by Han, Luke, Korea, Uno completed a contract with Japanese tourists songgaek travel with the addition of five, including earlier this month, Leah Ikoma. Also visit Japan this week from local through individual contact with your travel agent in Japan Jiangsu is expected to parallel the duty-free shops and promotional songgaek contract.
In addition to a variety of Japanese networks have a Japanese individual customers, Japanese companies, organizations operating at the Hotel The Plaza and Japan, local businesses, which number holds a Japanese customer data in order to attract customers Hanwha Life Insurance, Hanwha Total, including Hanwha kyusel, Hanwha Techwin Hanwha Group It plans to take advantage.
Earlier, Galleria Duty Free has balhigido plans to expand its Middle East tourists mogaek. April is expected to continue to contract with local travel agents to participate in the local Fair Middle East, it has already completed the Muslim Middle East, where the two inbound travel songgaek contract.
Galleria Duty Free official explained that "the Middle East, customers purchasing power is 30% higher than the Chinese, is spotlighted as a" post euchre, etc. for the purpose of medical tourism to Korea. "
Galleria Duty Free, 63 Building, 4th in fine dining places in the Korea Tourism Organization has a halal restaurant certified grade 'Muslim friendly' authenticates acquired the second half of last year, and even duty-free shops are Yeouido St. Mary's Hospital and the Soon Chun Hyang University and the Central University Hospital and also health and it proceeded to the Convention.
Duty Free Galleria is a great opportunity to score following a local agent market participants and identify the Taipei International Travel Fair in November last year, also for actively attract tourists in Southeast Asia, and Southeast Asia were currently 79 inbound travel companies signed an agreement songgaek.
New World Duty Free is gearing up to attract Japanese tourists to look after naesewo group icon (IKON) and the Dragon Jeon. Last September, the Japanese 10-20 has a bar with fans and special time, such as the appointment of a musical group that represents Japan in the New World Duty Free myeongdongjeom one day the manager to strengthen the communication with customers.
Last December, AirAsia Group has signed an agreement to work with Malaysia, Thailand and the Philippines to attract tourists activated. AirAsia Group to develop tourism products and promotions to Malaysia AirAsia X, the Thai Air Asia X in Thailand, the number two in more tourists Incheon and Gimhae airport comes from AirAsia Philippines, the New World Duty Free on board the AirAsia It offers a variety of benefits to tourists decided.
Shilla Duty Free is planning to diversify its past May and tourists and to strengthen Japan's largest online travel products and cooperation on attracting Japanese individual tourists, and also promote the strategic partnership with Southeast Airlines nationality.
Industry insiders said, "Even before the Saad Revenge of China visualization industry has been looking for ways for tourists to diversify in order to reduce the risk of relying on China" and "hard is to Dagger attract groups of tourists in China or other countries in a day Sadd risk including a move to another variable is pioneering a new market, as no assurance can be given not happen is going to become more active, "he said.
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