The Korea Duty-Free Festa 2024 runs from April 26 to June 7 at 14 duty-free stores across the country. Seen are travelers walking around the duty-free shopping area at Terminal 1 of Incheon International Airport. (Yonhap News)

By Aisylu Akhmetzianova

A 43-day event seeks to promote domestic tourism through 14 duty-free stores across the nation in places like Seoul, Busan, Incheon and Jeju Island.

To run from April 26 through June 7, the Korea Duty-Free Festa 2024 will be jointly held by the Korea Customs Service (KCS) and Korea Duty-Free Shops Association, the KCS said on April 15.

The event seeks to revive the country's duty-free shopping industry by promoting consumption by domestic shoppers and visits by foreign tourists in time for peak travel seasons such as Japan's Golden Week (April 27-May 6) and China's Labor Day holidays (May 1-5).

Participating businesses will host specials over the period including on- and offline discounts of up to 30%, joint events like prize giveaways and individual programs that highlight each industry's unique features.

The KCS will place a duty-free shopping map with QR codes of major routes for foreign tourists to enable them to check where tourist attractions and duty-free stores are nationwide.

aisylu@korea.kr