(MENAFN) South Korea will hold the 2019 Korea Grand Sale, the annual sales event to woo foreigners, early 2019.
During the upcoming discount event, which will take place from Jan. 17 to Feb. 28, local businesses will offer sharp discounts and a variety of tour programs to foreign visitors.
Secretary General of the Visit Korea Committee (VKC) said: "for 10 years through 2017, the number of foreigners who came to Korea during the grand sale event continued to rise. But this year, the corresponding figure fell following political tensions between Seoul and Beijing. We expect foreign visitors to return to Korea for shopping and tourism next year."
Though tension erupted last year, the diplomatic row between Seoul and Beijing over the deployment of a missile defense system, named THAAD, has continued to weigh on the number of Chinese nationals visiting the country.
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