2019 Korea Shopping Season Time + Location + Activities

During the Spring Festival, many friends will definitely go back to South Korea to play. However, there is one thing you should pay attention to when traveling in South Korea, and that is some preferential information when traveling, such as this time South Korea’s shopping season , do you have to go and experience it?

The 2019 Korea Grand Sale (2019 Korea Grand Sale) will start a new round of carnival on January 17. Targeting foreign tourists, Korea Shopping Season is an event that combines shopping, sightseeing, Korean wave and other unique charms of Korea. We provide generous discounts in various fields such as air tickets, accommodation, beauty, entertainment, attractions, catering, etc., as well as convenient services such as interpretation, event description, free Internet/WiFi, and gift activities. This Korean shopping season, with the theme of "Travel, Taste, Touch", will bring more freshness and happiness than in previous years. Basic information

Time: January 17, 2019 - February 28, 2019

Location: Seoul, the metropolitan area and major cities across the country

Objects: Contents of activities for foreign tourists coming to Korea and foreigners living in Korea

1. Local tourism

First of all, projects to provide convenience and activate local tourism have been strengthened. For the 7 routes of K-Travel

Seoul-local 2-day and 1-night travel product (Daegu City, Gangwon Province, Gyeongsangbuk-do, Jeollanam-do, Chungcheong-do, Changwon City, Ganghwa-gun), Offering an exceptional discount of one person riding for free when making a reservation, the Seoul-Gyeonggi shuttle bus EG Shuttle Bus has also prepared substantial discounts through the 1+1 activity to attract foreign tourists to visit Korea during the winter, the off-peak tourist season. In addition, a stamping campaign will be held at stores in four areas of Seoul, namely Gangnam, Namdaemun, Mapo, and Yongsan, which are mainly visited by foreigners. It is planned to provide hotel meal vouchers to foreigners who get stamps from stores in the four areas. It also plans to offer special products for the Korean tourist season through a related project with the tourism activity platform "KLOOK" to improve the convenience of foreign tourists traveling in Korea.

2. Korean food

Add the fun of Korean food. "KoreaGrand

Tasting" is participated by more than 70 restaurants in star hotels such as InterContinental Hotel and Hilton Hotel, offering discounts of up to 25% while offering the essence of Korean food. Meal voucher giveaway event. In addition, a "travel of time-honored restaurants" hosted by the famous Korean chef Park

Chanil was also prepared. We introduce the hidden stories of time-honored brands and provide Korean shopping season souvenirs to foreign tourists who prove that they have visited time-honored brands. Participation activities will be held during the event, where you will visit time-honored restaurants with Park

Chef Chanil***, introduce hidden stories and taste signature dishes. Not only that, the "Cooking Class_Korean Food Made by Yourself" project is operated in conjunction with I Love Korean Food, O'ngo

Food, the Five Flavors Cuisine Research Institute, and the Buddhist Cultural Foundation ***, which not only provides experience Product discounts and Korean shopping season souvenirs are provided to provide you with the unique pleasure of traveling to Korea.

3. Offline activity center

During the Korean shopping season, the activity center also prepared colorful projects for foreign tourists. The main event center installed at Cheonggye Plaza (in front of Gwanghwamun Station Exit 5) in Seoul will operate for 43 days starting from the opening ceremony on January 17 (Thursday). At the opening ceremony to announce the opening of the event center, there are plans to hold an opening ceremony, a congratulatory performance, and a prize draw. The event center plays promotional videos of the Korean Shopping Season and participating companies on a large external screen to attract attention. Not only does it provide English, Japanese, and Chinese foreign language interpretation services to foreign tourists who visit the activity center, but it also provides convenient services such as activity descriptions, free Internet access (WIFI), mobile phone charging, and drinks. It will stimulate your five senses through a variety of experiences and giveaways. satisfy. In particular, during the event, foreign tourists who spend more than 100,000 won in Korea will be given the opportunity to participate in the giveaway event and receive up to 2 million won worth of air tickets, accommodation, and shopping travel vouchers. In addition, we plan to provide generous gifts such as a two-night hotel accommodation voucher to the 10,000th foreign tourist who visits the event center.

In addition, in order to welcome the opening of the 2019 Korean tourism season, the 2019 version of the transportation and travel card "KOREATOR

CARD" targeted at foreigners is launched. The order is distributed free of charge to 50 visitors to the activity center every day. In addition, we plan to cooperate with hotels participating in the Korean Shopping Festival to provide Korean travel transportation cards to foreign customers staying in the hotels, and at the same time, we will conduct a free download of the Korean travel transportation cards on mobile phones. In order for foreign tourists to enjoy their shopping trip happily without having to worry about their luggage, "Hands

FreeService" is a luggage delivery and storage service between hotels, airports, and major bases in Seoul. The fee is discounted up to 40%.

Don’t miss it when visiting Korea during the New Year!