South Korea's tourism promotion agency said Monday that it has held a two-day event in Thailand over the weekend to attract more Thai tourists and promote Korean goods.
During the 2017 Love Korea Weekend organized by the Korea Tourism Organization, a slew of South Korean firms set up booths to promote their goods as well.
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Visitors look around booths during a Korean tour fair that took place in Bangkok on Sept. 9, 2017, in this photo provided by the Korea Tourism Organization. (Yonhap) |
According to the KTO, some 10,000 Thai citizens got together at the event and enjoyed South Korean culture through a variety of activities.
In the first seven months of the year, some 283,000 Thai tourists visited South Korea, up 3 percent from a year earlier.
For 2017, tourists from Thailand are expected to top 500,000, up from 470,000 last year. (Yonhap)
