24 Feb 2009, Posted by Matt in Art & Culture, Buddhist Temples, Chungcheong, Gyeongsang, Seoul, 0 Comments
Korea Travel Expo 2009
This past weekend, southern Seoul’s COEX center hosted the sixth annual Korea Travel Expo.
The historically weak Korean won and global economic crisis has many Koreans looking at domestic travel destinations instead of holidays in Southeast Asia or the U.S. To meet their needs, this past weekend the Korea Travel Expo 2009 (site in Korean) hosted its sixth annual event at the Atlantic Hall of the COEX center in southern Seoul.
Nearly 500 booths representing 280 different regional governments, transportation companies and local festivals took part in the nation’s largest expo promoting domestic tourism. This being Korea, several booths offered free samples of indigenous liquor.
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