To stimulate tourism, the government has decided to increase railroad discounts and exempt airport facility usage fees for new flights and tour charter flights at local airports.
The Ministry of Land, Infrastructure and Transport announced the “Pan-governmental Domestic Demand Revitalization Measures” at the Emergency Economy and People’s Livelihood Meeting held on the 29th.
First of all, the Ministry of Land, Infrastructure and Transport will expand railroad discount benefits and train services linked to local festivals to promote domestic tourism in earnest, and promote specialized promotions for each highway rest area nationwide during the May holiday period.
As a result, KTX expands the adult fare discount from 30% to 50% when a family with multiple children registers a 4-passenger seat, and also provides a 50% discount for members registered as pregnant women and their companions.
In addition, SRT decided to apply a discount of up to 30% on fares from April 1 to 17 and for the month of October, depending on the ride rate and early reservation timing.
The Ministry of Land, Transport and Maritime Affairs plans to offer discounts of up to 50% on KTX combined with regional tours and KRW 10,000 discount on Naeilro Pass in June, which is designated as the travel month.
In addition, it plans to operate a tourist train for spring flower attractions in April and increase the number of trains during the Suncheon Garden Expo and Saemangeum Jamboree to allow more tourists to travel conveniently.
During the Children’s Day holiday (May 5-7) and Buddha’s Birthday (May 27-29), up to 33% discount on local snacks and up to 50% discount on car wash fees at 207 service areas managed by Korea Expressway Corporation. decided to proceed.
In addition, the Ministry of Land, Infrastructure and Transport will increase international air routes early to attract foreign tourists to Korea.
The Ministry of Land, Transport and Maritime Affairs plans to increase international air routes, such as Korea-China, Southeast Asia and Japan routes, to 80-90% of the level in 2019 by September.
To this end, airport facility usage fees will be waived for new flights and tour charter flights at local airports, and operation subsidies of 2 to 8 million won per flight will be provided.
In addition, it was decided to provide route publicity subsidies of around 10 million to 30 million won per route.
In addition, it plans to continuously induce more foreign visitors to Korea through local road shows and Familiarization tours by inviting travel agencies to countries that need to accelerate demand recovery, such as Japan, China, and Southeast Asia.
Public transportation and shuttle buses connecting the airport to tourist destinations and the city center will also increase.
For foreigners entering Incheon Airport using Northeast Asian routes such as Japan, China, Hong Kong, and Taiwan, free tickets for return visits within six months will be distributed to five people a day.
Additional support measures for victims of charter fraud are also promoted.
The Ministry of Land, Transport and Maritime Affairs supports new emergency low-rate charter loans even before the end of the auction or public sale if the victim of charter fraud needs to move due to unavoidable reasons following the auction or public sale begins.
In addition, for victims who have been unable to fully recover the deposit on a deposit in an auction or public sale and are facing a credit crisis such as non-payment of the deposit loan, the housing and city guarantee corporation and other guarantee institutions for the deposit loan have decided to support them so that they can repay the deposit in installments.
In addition, if the victim’s loan repayment is delayed, it plans to postpone the registration of overdue information.
For monthly rent loans with guarantees targeting the low-income class and vulnerable groups such as young people and newlyweds, the area standard, etc. will be relaxed, and if a resident renews a contract for LH rental housing, the rent will be frozen until next December.
In order to prevent the spread of damage to end users due to market price distortion, false reporting is prevented by indicating whether actual transactions are registered in the information disclosure system.
Minister of Land, Infrastructure and Transport Won Hee-ryong said, “In order for the recovery of domestic and foreign travel sentiment to contribute to the recovery of our economy, we will focus on measures to alleviate the difficulties of the victims of charter fraud along with measures to support tourism in the transportation sector such as air and rail. “We will continue to listen to the voices of the people so that the economy of the working class can recover and our economy can take off once more,” he said.
Inquiries: Ministry of Land, Infrastructure and Transport Planning and Coordination Office Planning Officer (044-201-3197)
