The event brought travel agents from 12 of South Korea’s top tour companies, including Hana Tour, Mode Tour, Interpark, and Yellow Balloon to meet with 24 Thai travel operators and hotels to discuss business opportunities.
The South Korean travel agents also had the chance to learn of Chiang Mai’s new and updated tourism products and services during the event’s product update session, as well as have in-person experiences.
From 1 October, 2022, Korean Air has resumed its Seoul-Chiang Mai service with four flights per week, and will increase to seven flights per week from December 2022.
South Korea is one of Thailand’s major source of tourist markets with 1.88 million South Korean travellers having visited the kingdom in 2019, generating 75 billion Baht in revenue.
In 2022, from January to September, Thailand recorded 241,555 South Korean tourists.
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