{"id":777033326,"date":"2025-10-20T08:18:26","date_gmt":"2025-10-20T11:18:26","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/?p=777033326"},"modified":"2026-04-21T18:03:35","modified_gmt":"2026-04-21T21:03:35","slug":"kangwon-land-sees-record-visitors-during-chuseok-holiday","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/kangwon-land-sees-record-visitors-during-chuseok-holiday","title":{"rendered":"Kangwon Land sees record visitors during Chuseok holiday\u00a0"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>This year&#8217;s holiday was extended to a seven-day break due to National Foundation Day on October 3 and Hangul Day on October 9.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<!--more-->\n\n\n\n<p>South Korea.- <strong>Kangwon Land<\/strong> has reported <strong>147,550 visitors<\/strong> during the Chuseok holiday period, from <strong>October 3 to 12, 2025<\/strong>. It said the accommodation occupancy rate was <strong>81.4 per cent<\/strong>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Also known as <strong>Hangawi<\/strong>, Chuseok is a major mid-autumn harvest festival celebrated in the eighth month of the lunar calendar when the moon is at its fullest. This year, the usual three-day festival was extended into <strong>a seven-day break<\/strong> due to <strong>National Foundation Day on October 3<\/strong> and <strong>Hangul Day on October 9<\/strong>. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Kangwon Land is the only casino in the country open to locals. The operator has announced that it is preparing to open its <strong>ski resort<\/strong> in <strong>late November<\/strong> as a major attraction for visitors during the <strong>winter seaso<\/strong>n. A new building with a second casino is under development at Kangwon Land, with an expected opening in <strong>early 2028<\/strong>.<\/p>\n\n\n<div id=\"see-also-container\">\n\t\t\t<span class=\"see-also-label\">See also:<\/span><\/p>\n<div class=\"related-article\">\n\t\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" class=\"related-article__thumbnail\" src=\"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/5\/2025\/10\/galaxy-macau-casino-resort-completion-delayed-900x600-300x200.jpg\" alt=\"\"><\/p>\n<p class=\"related-article__text\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"see-also-label-strong\">See also:<\/span> <a href='https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/macau-casino-resorts-to-host-over-60-shows-in-fourth-quarter'>Macau casino resorts to host over 60 shows in fourth quarter<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>This year&#8217;s holiday was extended to a seven-day break due to National Foundation Day on October 3 and Hangul Day on October 9.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2395,"featured_media":777033329,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"is_press_release":false,"is_interview":false,"is_opinion":false,"focusai_summary":"Kangwon Land, South Korea's sole casino open to locals, reported 147,550 visitors and an 81.4% accommodation occupancy rate during the extended Chuseok holiday period in October 2025. The operator is preparing to open its ski resort in late November and is developing a new building with a second casino, projected to open in early 2028.","focusai_entities":"Kangwon Land","focusai_location":"South Korea","focusai_target_profile":"ceo_executive (0.9), regulator (0.7), operator_casino (0.9), marketing_crm (0.8), investor_analyst (0.9), supplier_vendor (0.7), journalist_researcher (0.9)","focusai_suggestions":[{"label":"Impact on GGR?","query":"What is the projected Gross Gaming Revenue (GGR) impact of Kangwon Land's reported visitor numbers and the upcoming second casino on its overall financial performance?"},{"label":"Regulatory implications?","query":"How might the expansion of Kangwon Land, as the sole locals-permitted casino, influence future regulatory discussions or market liberalization within South Korea's gaming sector?"}],"footnotes":""},"categories":[28,16338],"tags":[29,16471,152],"class_list":["post-777033326","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-casino-news","category-east-asia-news","tag-casino","tag-kangwon-land","tag-south-korea"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/777033326","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\/2395"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=777033326"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/777033326\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":777033339,"href":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/777033326\/revisions\/777033339"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/777033329"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=777033326"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=777033326"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=777033326"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}