Korea Grand Sale 2025: International Visitors More Than Doubled Year-on-Year with Various Shopping and Tourism Benefits

Mar 20, 2025

The Ministry of Culture, Sports and Tourism (Minister YU In Chon, MCST), in collaboration with the Visit Korea Committee (Chairperson LEE Boo Jin, VKC), concluded the Korea Grand Sale 2025 successfully, attracting a record 346,000+ international visitors from January 15 (Wed.) through February 28 (Fri.). This number represents greater than two-fold growth compared to the previous event.

Gimpo to Undergo Refresh as “Korea’s City of Books”

Mar 12, 2025

The 2025 Korea’s City of Books proclamation ceremony, which is set to announce the host city for the nation’s largest reading culture festival, the 2025 Korea Reading Festival, will take place on March 13 (Thursday) at 3:00 PM at the Peace Education Center within the Aegibong Peace Ecological Park in Gimpo, Gyeonggi Province.

2025 APEC Summit: Preparing a Cultural APEC to Showcase Korea’s Collective Cultural Strength

Mar 04, 2025

On February 28 (Friday), Minister Yu In Chon of Culture, Sports and Tourism (MCST) convened with key stakeholders, including the APEC 2025 Preparatory Office (Ministry of Foreign Affairs), Korea Heritage Service, Gyeongsangbuk-do Province, Gyeongju City, Korea Tourism Organization (KTO), Korea Creative Content Agency (KOCCA), and the Korean Foundation for International Cultural Exchange (KOFICE), to review the preparation of cultural initiatives for the upcoming APEC Summit, under the aim to successfully host the 2025 APEC Summit and enhance Korea’s cultural presence on the global stage.

Citizen Awareness of Cultural Diversity Stands at 27.3%, 21.7% Received Cultural Diversity Education

Mar 04, 2025

The Ministry of Culture, Sports and Tourism (Minister YU In Chon, MCST), in collaboration with the Korea Culture & Tourism Institute (President KIM Sae Won), and Statistics Korea (Commissioner LEE Hyung Il), has released findings from its 2024 Cultural Diversity Survey. This undertaking aims to assess the public’s awareness of cultural diversity, and evaluate its cultural and creative engagement. It was officially recognized as national statistics in July 2024 (Approval No. 113028), with fresh surveys to be conducted biennially moving forward.

Accommodation Discount Vouchers for Spring Travel

Feb 24, 2025

The Ministry of Culture, Sports and Tourism (Minister YU In Chon, MCST) and the Korea Tourism Organization (Acting President SEO Young Choong, KTO) will host the first Korea Accommodation Sale Festa of the year to promote regional tourism and boost domestic demand during the March “Travel Month”. One million accommodation discount vouchers for 2025 will be issued in three phases – spring in March, summer in June, autumn in October – to encourage domestic travel instead of overseas trips and spread demand throughout the year. The first sale of 300,000 vouchers will begin on February 28 (Friday).