South Korean Prime Minister aims for ``20 million or more foreign tourists'' and ``$24.5 billion in revenue'' for next year...``highest ever''

South Korean Prime Minister Han Deok-soo said on the 8th, ``After the COVID-19 virus outbreak, the tourism market continues to recover, and we hope to attract more than 20 million foreign tourists to South Korea next year, generating a total of 24.5 billion dollars (approx.
We will strive to achieve the highest results ever, aiming for tourism revenue of 532.8 trillion yen." On this day, Prime Minister Han attended a national conference held at the National Asian Culture Center in Gwangju.
At the Optical Strategy Conference, he introduced the ``Republic of Korea Tourism Export Innovation Strategy'' developed by the Ministry of Culture, Sports, and Tourism, and said the following. Prime Minister Han said, ``The core of this innovation strategy is to attract more tourists for a longer period of time.
"This will innovate the convenience of tourism, local tourism, and the tourism industry so that more people can visit South Korea." Prime Minister Han said, ``Expansion of group e-visa fee exemption, immediate refund of tax exemption and cap on amount
"We will significantly improve convenience by increasing the amount of tax and other fees," and added, "To promote Korea, we will hold the 'K Tourism Roadshow' and various large-scale events in 25 overseas cities."
He continued, ``In order to make the whole country an international tourist attraction, approximately 3 trillion U.S. dollars will be added to Gwangju, Busan, Gyeongsangnam-do, and Jeollanam-do over the next 10 years.
We will invest approximately 330.8 billion yen to promote ``southern area wide-area tourism development'' that will expand attractive tourism resources in each area.''
Furthermore, the ``K Gourmet Belt,'' which combines the food cultures and resources of each region of the country, and the regional
"We will foster representative festivals, establish new regional tourism strategy councils and regional consultative bodies, and strengthen cooperation between the central and local governments and the government and the private sector."
In addition, the Korean government is expanding the field of healing and medical tourism, making it highly value-added, and seeking to increase human resources.
We have decided to introduce a non-specialist work visa system to eliminate this problem. Prime Minister Han said, ``We will promote quality improvement so that people around the world will say that Korean tourism is healthy and high-quality.''
"The public and private sectors will work together to prevent and check to eradicate fraudulent charges and fraudulent charges, and to prevent all kinds of unfair trade practices."