Excessive costs maintain Koreans again from home journey: survey

Ock Ji-sook, a self-described price range traveler in her 30s, plans to go to Kyoto, Japan, as an alternative of Gyeongju, North Gyeongsang Province, this spring to get pleasure from cherry blossoms alongside historic buildings.

She says that the overall expense of touring to Japan is decrease when lodging, meals and different prices are included, regardless that round-trip tickets on a low-cost provider to Japan are about 200,000 received ($136), greater than the roughly 140,000 received for a home round-trip KTX bullet practice.

“A trip to Japan can be considered more cost-efficient, especially since it offers more exotic and foreign experiences, which are among the most attractive aspects of travel,” she stated.

Ock represents almost one-third of respondents who picked excessive costs as the first motive for avoiding home journey, based on a survey launched Thursday.

The survey was carried out collectively by Airbnb, a web based dwelling rental platform for vacationers, and Embrain, a pollster, from Jan. 13 to 19.

A complete of 27.9 p.c of respondents cited excessive journey prices when requested why they chorus from taking journeys inside the nation.

Another 27.8 p.c pointed to the gap and period of journeys, whereas 13.4 p.c cited restricted sightseeing choices and actions.

As for costs, lodging was the important thing part of journey. Yet, 92.5 p.c of all respondents reported problem reserving lodging attributable to excessive prices and a scarcity of rooms obtainable.

Among these dealing with reserving difficulties, 17.8 p.c stated they shortened their plans to day visits as an alternative of staying in a single day, whereas 10.2 p.c both postponed or canceled their journeys solely.

Additionally, 42.4 p.c stated that growing region-specific content material and experiences is important to strengthen the competitiveness of home journey.

A urged instance was a foodie journey to Daejeon in central Korea to discover its bread and bakery choices, anchored by the long-lasting Sungsimdang Bakery, which has been serving clients for greater than half a century.

Airbnb stated it is going to promote native journey by collaborating with the Korea Tourism Organization and different companions to discover extra lodging choices and actions.

The firm can be exploring methods to make the most of vacant properties and different unused areas, in cooperation with the Ministry of Culture, Sports and Tourism.