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Tourism Industry Bureau
Tourism Industry Bureau
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Tourism Policy Division
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Tel : (82+2)3704 - 9710 ~ 22; Fax : (82+2)3704-9729
- Establish long-term and annual tourism development plan
- Examine and improve tourism laws and regulations
- Raise and manage tourism development fund
- Improve inter-Korean tourism cooperation and exchanges
- Educate and train tourism personnel
- Foster academic and research organizations related to tourism
- Prepare yearly tourism report and statistics
- Supervise Korea Tourism Organization and Korea Tourism Association
- Promote digitalization of tourism industry
- Improve tourism welfare
- Enhance recognition of tourism, and promote sound tourism
- Promote domestic travel
- Handle other related business
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Tourism Promotion Division
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Tel : (82+2)3704 - 9730 ~ 40
- Establish master tourism development plan
- Consult and coordinate regional tourism development plan
- Investigate and examine tourist attractions
- Develop tourist resorts and complexes
- Foster special tourist zone
- Commercialize tourist potential, including culture, folk customs, leisure and ecology
- Prepare measures to expand and improve operation of tourist accommodation
- Manage business related to tourist accommodation
- Manage business related to casinos
- Manage business related to tourist convenient facilities
- Manage business related to tourist use facilities
- Manage business related to tourist entertainment facilities
- Investigate and examine cultural tourism festivals
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International Tourism Division
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Tel : (82+2)3704 - 9770 ~ 82; Fax : (82+2)3704 - 9789
- Prepare measures to induce and attract foreign tourists
- Establish strategic plan to cooperate with international tourism organizations and foreign governments for tourism exchange
- Support international tourism expos and events
- Investigate, examine and analyze international tourism market
- Foster travel business, and train tour guides/interpreters
- Deal with tourist complaints
- Develop tourism programs for foreign tourists
- Develop total tourism products, including medical, performance and sports (taekwondo)
- Implement and foster Korean tourism brands
- Link tourism with MICE industry, including international meetings, inventive tours, conventions and exhibitions
- Train professionals in MICE industry
- Promote and support inducement of international conferences
- Build international conference facilities, and establish organization responsible for management of international conferences
- Improve convenience of tour guide system
- Develop, promote and distribute tourism products
- Develop traditional foods as tourism products
- Train professional tour guides
- Manage business related to Visit Korea Campaign
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Green Tourism Division
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Tel : (82+2)3704 - 9917; Fax : (82+2)3704 - 9929
- Plan policies and systems to develop green tourism in four major river basins
- Establish master plan to develop tourism resources in four major river basins
- Create infrastructure of tourism resources in four major river basins
- Develop, promote and support tourism resources in four major river basins
- Cooperate and coordinate with local governments in development of tourism resources in four major river basins
- Investigate, examine and analyze tourism resources in four major river basins
- Manage cooperation and coordination of projects related to four major river basins
- Develop, promote and support green tourism
- Develop eco-friendly tourism resources
- Prepare, distribute and support manuals for development of eco-friendly tourism resources
- Promote and support inducement of domestic and foreign tourism investment in cooperation with local governments
- Support domestic and foreign tourism investment expos, and train professional investment advisors
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Tourism & Leisure City Division
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Tel : (82+2)3704 - 9922 ~ 4; Fax : (82+2)3704 - 9929
- Plan policies and system to develop tourism-leisure cities
- Designate and cancel tourism-leisure city development area
- Estimate development benefits of tourism-leisure cities, and handle free transfer of related properties
- Assign, cancel and replace developers for development projects in tourism-leisure cities
- Approve development plan for tourism-leisure cities
- Approve execution plan for tourism-leisure cities
- Issue orders to implement land use in tourism-leisure cities
- Carry out completion inspection of development projects in tourism-leisure cities
- Manage ex-post adjustment of construction and installation costs for tourism-leisure cities
- Approve establishment of Corporate City Management Council
- Report and evaluate performance of development projects in tourism-leisure cities
- Take administrative measures, hold hearings and impose fines on violators of Special Act on Development of Corporate Cities
- Prepare measures for tourism and leisure corporate cities (hereafter referred to as "tourism-leisure cities") during operation of Corporate City Management Council under Article 39 of Special Act on Development of Corporate Cities
- Investigate data, publicize and improve international cooperation in tourism-leisure city development areas
- Discuss and coordinate with relevant agencies for development and operation of tourism-leisure cities
- Support activities to attract domestic and foreign investment in large-scale tourism-leisure city developments
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Saemangeum Development Team
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Tel : (82+2)3704 - 9944
- Plan policies and system to develop Saemangeum tourism zone
- Establish initiative and master action plan for Saemangeum tourism zone
- Approve master and execution plan for Saemangeum tourism zone
- Construct and support infrastructure facilities of Saemangeum tourism
- Support development linking Saemangeum tourism with other industries
- Manage land preparation for Saemangeum tourism zone
- Assign and cancel developers for development projects in Saemangeum tourism zone
- Cooperate and coordinate with local governments in development of Saemangeum tourism zone
- Manage all business related to Saemangeum project
