Travel shows that are worth a visit : Expos help to plan memorable tours; Japan is a hot spot
Hana Tour, one of the country’s largest tour companies, is holding the 11th HanaTour International Travel Show 2017 at Kintex in Goyang, Gyeonggi starting June 9. It’s a three-day event and will focus on helping individual trips become more memorable. This year’s slogan is “An exclusive travel, just for you.”
First, walk around the expo spot according to the area you are interested in. The hall will be divided into seven sections, including Korea, Japan and Southeast Asia. Then discuss details about whether this is a family trip with children or a golf tour with parents or friends with some of the specialists at the booths.
This year, the festival has chosen Hokkaido as the place to visit for its natural environment and diverse seafood options. There are many “lightning rounds” of raffles, so make sure to check out the booths for the regions that you want to visit.
There will be promotional packages with cheaper price tags at the event, but discounts apply to online customers as well.
Thanks to the long holidays around Chuseok in early October, more travelers are looking for longer trips involving plane or train travel, and hotels are quickly selling out locally and overseas.
Frequent travelers can also opt for the Korea World Travel Fair. While the Hana Tour event is the largest by a single private company in the country, the 32nd Korea World Travel Fair is scheduled to begin June 1 at Coex, southern Seoul.
To help travelers find out how the hot spring experiences in each country are different, there will be a section dedicated to hot springs in Japan, Taiwan, Indonesia and the United States. Virtual Reality sections will be set up for those who want a glimpse of their future travels.
This year, as part of the event, Asean-Korea Centre is preparing its own Asean Culinary Festival to attract more visitors to 10 Asean countries including Thailand, Vietnam, Indonesia and Laos with food.
Twenty dishes such as Singapore’s specialty Kaya toast or Vietnam’s Cha gio, fried spring rolls, will be prepared for the event from 11 a.m. to 4 p.m. throughout the event, except for on June 2, when it will be prepared from 1:30 to 4 p.m. The food is first come, first served and can sell out early.
BY LEE SUN-MIN [summerlee@joongang.co.kr]
For more information on the 11th edition of HanaTour International Travel Show from June 9 to 11 at Kintex in Goyang, Gyeonggi, go to http://hits.hanatour.com or call 1577-1233. The website is available in English and Korean.
Admission is 7,000 won but it can be waived for Hana Tour members or by printing out an invitation from the website. For the 32nd Korea World Travel Fair from June 1 to 4 at Coex, southern Seoul, go to www.kotfa.co.kr or call (02) 757-6161. The website is in English and Korean.
Admission is 10,000 won for adults but it can be waived if you sign up in advance.
with the Korea JoongAng Daily
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