{"id":777046840,"date":"2026-08-31T08:29:29","date_gmt":"2026-08-31T11:29:29","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/?p=777046840"},"modified":"2026-08-31T08:29:53","modified_gmt":"2026-08-31T11:29:53","slug":"kangwon-land-adds-new-southeast-asian-travel-agency-partnerships","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/kangwon-land-adds-new-southeast-asian-travel-agency-partnerships","title":{"rendered":"Kangwon Land adds new Southeast Asian travel agency partnerships"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Kangwon Land has signed agreements with travel agencies in the Philippines and Vietnam in a bid to boost international visitation.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<!--more-->\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">South Korea.- <strong>Kangwon Land Inc<\/strong> has signed agreements with two travel agencies as it aims to boost international visitation. The latest agreements are with Philippine travel agency<strong> Leisure Trips Philippines<\/strong> and Vietnam-based<strong> Dong Thi Travel<\/strong>. Both will focus on travel packages to promote visits to the resort.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The company plans to make greater use of the visa-free entry system at Yangyang International Airport in Gangwon province. This allows group tourists from the Philippines, Vietnam, Mongolia and Indonesia to enter through the airport without a visa.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Kangwon Land has also held discussions with <strong>Airmark<\/strong>, the Philippine general sales agent for South Korean airline <strong>Aero K<\/strong>, to develop travel products for Filipino tourists arriving at Cheongju International Airport. Flights between Manila and Cheongju are expected to resume in November.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The resort received about 60,000 foreign visitors during the first eight months of 2026, compared with 40,000 in the same period last year. It&#8217;s targeting 120,000 foreign visitors for the full year.<\/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\/01\/kangwonland_inc_cover-300x200.jpeg\" 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\/kangwon-land-public-payments-hit-us435-3m-in-2025\">Kangwon Land public payments hit $435.3m in 2025<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Kangwon Land has signed agreements with travel agencies in the Philippines and Vietnam in a bid to boost international visitation.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":680,"featured_media":777022180,"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 has executed agreements with Philippine and Vietnamese travel agencies, Leisure Trips Philippines and Dong Thi Travel, to enhance international visitation. This strategic initiative, leveraging visa-free entry and renewed flight routes, aims to significantly boost foreign tourist numbers, directly impacting the resort's GGR and overall operational performance.","focusai_entities":"Kangwon Land Inc, Leisure Trips Philippines, Dong Thi Travel, Airmark, Aero K","focusai_location":"South Korea, Philippines, Vietnam, Mongolia, Indonesia, Yangyang International Airport, Gangwon province, Cheongju International Airport, Manila","focusai_target_profile":"ceo_executive (0.95), regulator (0.75), compliance_legal (0.78), operator_casino (0.9), marketing_crm (0.88), payments_fraud_aml (0.72), investor_analyst (0.93), journalist_researcher (0.85)","focusai_suggestions":[{"label":"GGR Impact?","query":"What is the projected incremental Gross Gaming Revenue (GGR) contribution from these new international visitor segments, and how does it align with Kangwon Land's overall financial guidance?"},{"label":"Regulatory Scrutiny?","query":"How will Kangwon Land enhance its AML and responsible gambling frameworks to accommodate the anticipated increase in foreign patrons from these new markets, particularly concerning source of funds and player protection?"}],"footnotes":""},"categories":[28,16338],"tags":[16471,152,24680,5980],"class_list":["post-777046840","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-casino-news","category-east-asia-news","tag-kangwon-land","tag-south-korea","tag-tourism","tag-visas"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/777046840","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\/680"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=777046840"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/777046840\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":777046846,"href":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/777046840\/revisions\/777046846"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/777022180"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=777046840"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=777046840"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=777046840"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}