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demand for 'travel', which has been suppressed in anticipation of the so-called 'with Corona', is growing. There are active movements to prepare for the resumption of tourism in various places.



Reporter Han Ji-yeon reports.



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The Korean tourism promotion video released today (18th), featuring the world-famous player Son Heung-min, informs the charm of Korea.



[Son Heung-min / Korea Tourism Honorary Ambassador: Why am I having fun? Because Korea is fun itself.] In



line with the transition to Corona in each country, they are actively attracting foreign tourists.



[Choi Bo-geun/Ministry of Culture, Sports and Tourism Spokesperson: Countries around the world are making great efforts to return to their daily lives, and I think that the tourism promotional video featuring Son Heung-min will be of great help in securing the demand for tourism in Korea in advance.]



As the travel bubble area, which exempts overseas travelers who have completed vaccination, is expanded to Singapore after Saipan, the skyway is opening one after another.



Gimhae Airport, which opened a Qingdao route once a week in December last year, plans to resume direct flights to Guam and Saipan next month after 11 months.



Korean Air is pushing to resume flights to Hawaii in November and Asiana to Guam in December, and low-cost airlines have also applied to the Ministry of Land, Infrastructure and Transport for permission to re-operate in China and Thailand.



Travel agencies have also been busy preparing travel products.



In the meantime, a travel agency that returned to normal work after 1 year and 6 months after taking paid leave of absence for all its employees decided to operate a charter flight in winter for the first time since Corona.



[Jo Il-sang / Hana Tour PR Team Leader: It is expected that overseas travel will recover again from this winter season.

In our case, we are preparing charter flights to Chiang Mai, Thailand.]



However, it is expected that it will take more time for the airline industry to improve profitability and normalize operations due to a surge in jet fuel prices.



(Video editing: Park Ji-in, VJ: Park Hyun-woo)