A welcoming ceremony for Chinese tourists is held at the international arrival hall of Jeju International Airport. /News 1
As more than 100,000 foreign tourists are expected to flock to Jeju to celebrate the golden holidays in Japan and China, special events are expected for the tourism industry.
According to the Jeju tourism industry and Jeju International Airport on the 26th, the 10-day Japanese ‘Golden Week’ holiday from the 27th to the 6th of next month and China’s Labor Day holiday from May 1st to 5th coincide , and 100,000 tourists from both countries. expected to visit Jeju see During the Golden Week holiday, seven large cruise ships called at Jeju port, and international flights from Jeju expanded from the end of this month, leading to a significant increase in demand for foreign travelers.
Jeju Airport’s international flights operate 142 times a week, and the average number of airport users is more than 6,000 per day.
Direct international flights are expected to expand further even after the Golden Week holiday, with rapid recovery especially on Greater China routes.
The number of flights is expected to reach 186 times a week, surpassing the pre-coronavirus period, due to the increase in Chinese routes from July and the expansion of the Tokyo route following the Osaka route in Japan. Jeju Air started operating the Jeju-Beijing (Daxing) route four times a week. China Southern Airlines will operate direct flights between Jeju and Harbin twice a week starting in June.
It has been reported that Korean Air plans to operate a regular route between Jeju and Narita Airport in Tokyo, Japan three times a week in July, and is currently reviewing the final slot (possible aircraft take-off and landing times per hour) on for Narita Airport.
The Jeju-Tokyo direct flight route was last suspended on March 7, 2021. When operations resume in July, operations will resume after 3 years and 4 months. Jeju Island and the industry have made efforts to resume direct flights to Tokyo, Japan, but have had difficulty securing airport slots in Tokyo due to the growing popularity of Japanese tourism. Before resuming direct flights to Tokyo, we are preparing a variety of products to attract Japanese tourists.
An official from Lotte Tourism Development, which operates the Jeju Dream Tower resort complex, said, “We plan to operate an office in Tokyo in line with the resumption of direct flights to Tokyo to attract hotel and casino customers in Japan.”
Jeju Island aims to attract a total of 14 million tourists this year, including 12.8 million Koreans and 1.2 million foreigners. It is expected that the foreign tourist target will be easily reached due to the expansion of international flights.
The number of foreigners who visited Jeju this year on the 23rd of this month was 130,403, an increase of 334.5% compared to the same period last year. Kim Bok-geun, head of Jeju Airport at Korea Airports Corporation, said, “Not only has there been an increase in international flights recently, but the number of foreign tourists using inland routes has also increased significantly.” He added, “Foreign tourists can create higher added value than domestic tourists in terms of length of stay and consumption expenditure, contributing to the revival of the local economy.” “I think it will help a lot,” he said.
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