Macau Government Tourist Office (MGTO) holds, this week, in the two largest cities of South Korea "Incentive Travel Stimulation Program" promotional activities and Travel Marts for local travel trade. MGTO will also inaugurate an exhibition "Macau Loves Creations Pop-up Gallery", in Seoul, to attract the Youth of South Korea to visit Macau. The Deputy Director of MGTO, Manuel Pires, together with 25 representatives from Macau tourism sector will participate between 19th and 22nd March, in Seoul and Pusan, in different Macau promotional activities, including the opening ceremony of "Macau Creations Loves Pop-up Gallery ", meetings with the media, and Travel Marts with local trade. The exhibition "Macau Creations Loves Pop-up Gallery" inaugurated yesterday (March 19) in the modern complex Sang Sang Madang, specially designed to support creative industries, will be open to the public for two weeks. Participated in the opening ceremony the Deputy Director of MGTO, the Creative Director of Macau Creations, Wilson Lam, the General Manager of Air Macau Korea Branch Office, Wang Qing, along with representatives from several South Korean travel agencies. The exhibition includes videos, games, sharing of travel experiences, lucky draws, Made in Macau products virtual viewings, and a special edition of Macau postcards distribution, including discounts on products of Macau. The "Macau Creations Loves Pop-up Gallery" intends to promote the diversity of tourism and culture of Macau, seeking to attract the younger people of the South Korean capital to visit Macau. On 20th and 22nd, MGTO organizes in Seoul and Pusan, respectively, Travel Marts and "Incentive Travel Stimulation Program" promotional activities. The Travel Mart in the South Korean capital attracted about 200 local travel trades for meetings with Air Macau, Hotels and Macau Travel Agencies representatives. MGTO also hosted today a travel trade dinner in Seoul, which was attended by the Executive Director of Korea Tourism Organization, Kim Kuen Soo. In this occasion, the Deputy Director of MGTO thanked the support given by South Korean travel trade and expressed the wish of strengthen the cooperation relations. Mr. Manuel Pires said that "South Korea is one of the most important markets of Macau. Last year, close to 400 thousand tourists from South Korea visited Macao, 20 percent more than the previous year". Thanks to direct flights between the two destinations, South Korea has become the fourth largest source market of Macau and largest market for international visitors (after the markets of Mainland China, Hong Kong and Taiwan). To further boost Macau as a World Centre of Tourism and Leisure and diversify the segments of visitors, MGTO will continue to promote the city in different and creative ways, taking always into consideration the specifications of each countries and territories, and markets.
