19 tourist venture companies, including hanbok men and MUSICKING, were selected
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A total of nine tourism startups, including Hanbok-gil and DMG Spire, were selected as tourism venture companies. In addition, a total of 10 preliminary tourism ventures, including Univ Camp, have been promoted to tourism venture companies.
The Ministry of Culture, Sports and Tourism and the Korea Tourism Organization announced on the 3rd that a total of 19 companies have been selected as tourism venture companies in the "7th Tourism Venture Business Contest." The contest, which was held from January 24 to February 22, was selected by dividing into preliminary tourism and tourism venture sectors by Seoang stage. The preliminary tourism venture sector targeted small and medium-sized companies with less than three years of experience and the tourism venture sector targeted small and medium-sized companies related to tourism with more than three years of experience. In addition, if the company promotion program provided by the Korea Tourism Organization among preliminary tourism venture companies is faithfully carried out, companies with excellent results after the final performance evaluation will be given the opportunity to be promoted to the highest level of "tourism venture companies."
In this competition, a total of 31 projects were submitted to the tourism venture sector. Among them, nine tourism venture companies were selected through strict step-by-step screening and on-site verification. They include "Hanbok Road," which I make at my disposal, MICE activities linked to the DMZ Peace Tour and DMZ board games, and airport pickup O2O services for shopping products.
A total of 10 out of 45 preliminary tourism venture companies have risen to tourism venture companies. "Univ Camp", "MUSICKING", etc.
Tourism venture companies will be provided with 14 million won in promotional marketing support (25% of their own burden), promotion marketing, investment attraction, and market development at home and abroad. In addition, it will be the main target of investment in the tourism venture company development fund, and benefits such as receiving special loans from the Tourism Promotion and Development Fund will be provided.
"The tourism venture business has been actively supporting the growth of tourism venture companies by discovering creative and competent tourism ventures that can be the future growth engine of Korea's tourism industry," said Park Joon-hwan, head of the tourism venture business team. "As the number of Chinese tourists visiting Korea has decreased this year, we will actively strive to promote the attractiveness and contents of tourism in Korea with tourism venture companies in various countries such as Southeast Asia as one of the solutions."
By Kang Kyung Rok
