Authorities believe the peak of Covid-19 infections in China has passed.<\/p>\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n
South Korea.- South Korea is set to resume the issuance of short-term visas<\/strong> for travellers from China starting on February 11th. According to the Yonhap News Agency, interior ministry official Kim Seong-ho<\/strong> said the peak of Covid-19 infections in China has passed. <\/p>\n\n\n\n Since January 2, South Korean authorities have restricted the issuance of short-term visas at its embassies and consulates in China, with the exception of diplomats and approved business or humanitarian purposes. The measure had been extended to the end of February.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Visitors from China will still be required to take Covid-19 tests. Travellers from the Chinese mainland, Macau, or Hong Kong must undergo both a pre-departure and post-arrival test.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Kim Seong-ho <\/strong>said the South Korean government will evaluate the gradual easing of Covid-19 restrictions for travellers from China after further assessment. The resumption of short-term visas for Chinese visitors is expected to have a positive impact on South Korea’s foreigner-only casinos.<\/p>\n\n\n\n See also:<\/strong> Grand Korea Leisure casino revenue up 230.2% in January<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n In 2021, South Korean casino revenue<\/a> was <\/strong>KRW1.18tn (US$975.39m), compared to KRW1.04tn in 2020. However, the growth was mainly attributed to Kangwon Land<\/a>, the only casino in South Korea open to locals. The number of arrivals in South Korea was 212,767 in 2020 and 48,278 in 2021.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" Authorities believe the peak of Covid-19 infections in China has passed.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":176,"featured_media":15225,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"is_press_release":false,"is_interview":false,"is_opinion":false,"focusai_summary":"South Korea is set to resume short-term visa issuance for travelers from China starting February 11th, following authorities' assessment that the peak of Covid-19 infections in China has passed. This policy reversal, which had restricted visas since January 2nd, is expected to positively impact South Korea's foreigner-only casino sector, despite continued pre- and post-arrival testing requirements for visitors from China, Macau, and Hong Kong.","focusai_entities":"Yonhap News Agency, Kim Seong-ho, Grand Korea Leisure, Kangwon Land","focusai_location":"South Korea, China, Macau, Hong Kong","focusai_target_profile":"ceo_executive (0.9), regulator (0.7), compliance_legal (0.7), operator_casino (1.0), marketing_crm (0.8), payments_fraud_aml (0.8), investor_analyst (1.0), supplier_vendor (0.7), journalist_researcher (0.9)","focusai_suggestions":[{"label":"GGR Impact Forecast","query":"What is the projected GGR uplift for South Korea's foreigner-only casino segment in H1 2023, considering the phased re-entry of Chinese VIP and mass-market segments and ongoing testing protocols?"},{"label":"Operational Readiness","query":"How are South Korean foreigner-only casino operators adjusting their staffing, marketing, and player acquisition strategies to optimize for the anticipated influx of Chinese patrons?"}],"footnotes":""},"categories":[157,16338],"tags":[23907],"class_list":["post-777002312","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-business-news","category-east-asia-news","tag-land-based-casino"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/777002312","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/176"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=777002312"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/777002312\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":777002324,"href":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/777002312\/revisions\/777002324"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/15225"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=777002312"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=777002312"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=777002312"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}