10 July 2009

Forget Bali, try Busan

SEOUL ââ¬' Government workers in Korea are being urged to stay closer to home this summer.

Finance minister Yoon Jeung-hyun has recommended all public servants spend their holidays within the country and urged the tourism authorities to develop attractive sites and upgrade services on the domestic front.

ââ¬ÅâœThe recovery of domestic demand such as consumption and investment in the private sector is the key to maintaining the economic recovery trend into the second half of the year,ââ¬~ said Yoon.

ââ¬ÅâœWe will consider coming up with measures to convert the overseas consumption into domestic consumption and boost the local demand,ââ¬~ he said.

Other ministries have started their own stay-in-Korea holiday plans. Yoon said the idea could become a government-wide campaign.

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