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Korea Grand Sale to hold ‘welcoming week’ for foreigners
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Shoppers are shopping in Myeongdong commercial area in Seoul in July 2014. (Shutterstock/File)
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he annual shopping festival Korean Grand Sale will hold a “special welcoming week” from Friday to Feb. 8 to provide events and benefits for foreign visitors, the Visit Korea Committee said Monday.
Here is a special promotion for the Korea Grand Sale!
Visitors can participate in a Korean food cooking class! Seats are limited so hurry and sign up! ๐
Sign up: https://t.co/C2Di1hvFmR pic.twitter.com/OblppCop5t
— VisitKorea (@KoreanTravel) January 28, 2019During the period, welcome centers will be installed at Incheon and Gimpo airports to inform visitors of the benefits, as well as to provide interpretations and information on tourism, along with special lotteries and other events with handouts.
At the main welcome center, located at Cheonggye Plaza in Jongno, Seoul, up to 150 people a day will receive traditional Korean snacks for free during the welcoming week. Anyone who has shopped in Korea during the Korea Grand Sale event can participate in a raffle with their receipts, with prizes that include plane tickets and hotel coupons.
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A visitor participates in an event at the welcome center of the Korea Grand Sale located at Cheonggye Plaza in Jongno, central Seoul, in this undated handout photo.
For more information in Korean, English, Japanese, Chinese, German, Spanish, French and Russian on the event, visit the homepage at koreagrandsale.co.kr.
The Korea Grand Sale is ongoing from Jan. 17 to Feb. 28.
This article appeared on The Korea Herald newspaper website, which is a member of Asia News Network and a media partner of The Jakarta Post
