{"id":42992,"date":"2019-05-31T11:50:06","date_gmt":"2019-05-31T10:50:06","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.dutyfreehunter.com\/blog\/?p=42992"},"modified":"2019-05-31T11:50:06","modified_gmt":"2019-05-31T10:50:06","slug":"arrivals-duty-free-shopping-finally-lands-seoul-incheon","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.dutyfreehunter.com\/blog\/arrivals-duty-free-shopping-finally-lands-seoul-incheon\/","title":{"rendered":"Arrivals Duty-Free shopping finally lands at Seoul Incheon"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Two new duty-free shops opened at the arrival terminals for passengers landing at Seoul&#8217;s Incheon International Airport.<!--more--><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/en.smdutyfree.com\/smpromote\/pc\/html_en\/index.html\"><strong>SM Duty Free<\/strong><\/a> started operations of two stores on the first floor of Terminal 1, while <a href=\"https:\/\/www.entasdfs.com\"><strong>Entas Duty Free<\/strong><\/a> opened a single store on the first floor of Terminal 2, near the baggage claim areas of each terminal, according to Korea Customs Service and the Ministry of Economy and Finance.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe launch of on-arrival duty free shops is a good example of the Moon Jae-in government\u2019s deregulatory efforts,\u201d said Deputy Prime Minister and Finance Minister Hong Nam-ki in a congratulatory speech at the opening ceremony.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cIt reflects the efforts to view the market in the general public\u2019s perspective and to ease people\u2019s inconvenience.\u201d<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.dutyfreehunter.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/05\/1-4.jpg\"><img data-srcset=\"https:\/\/www.dutyfreehunter.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/05\/1-4-1024x675.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/www.dutyfreehunter.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/05\/1-4-300x198.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.dutyfreehunter.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/05\/1-4-768x506.jpg 768w, 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https:\/\/www.dutyfreehunter.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/05\/1-4-768x506.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.dutyfreehunter.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/05\/1-4-680x448.jpg 680w, https:\/\/www.dutyfreehunter.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/05\/1-4.jpg 800w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/noscript><\/a><\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_42994\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-42994\" style=\"width: 1024px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.dutyfreehunter.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/05\/2-4.jpg\"><img data-srcset=\"https:\/\/www.dutyfreehunter.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/05\/2-4-1024x710.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/www.dutyfreehunter.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/05\/2-4-300x208.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.dutyfreehunter.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/05\/2-4-768x532.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.dutyfreehunter.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/05\/2-4-680x471.jpg 680w, https:\/\/www.dutyfreehunter.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/05\/2-4.jpg 800w\" decoding=\"async\" data-src=\"https:\/\/www.dutyfreehunter.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/05\/2-4-1024x710.jpg\" class=\"wp-image-42994 size-large lazyload\" src=\"data:image\/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAIAAAAAAAP\/\/\/yH5BAEAAAAALAAAAAABAAEAAAIBRAA7\" alt=\"\"    sizes=\"(max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-42994\" class=\"wp-caption-text\"><noscript><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-42994 size-large\" src=\"https:\/\/www.dutyfreehunter.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/05\/2-4-1024x710.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1024\" height=\"710\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.dutyfreehunter.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/05\/2-4-1024x710.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/www.dutyfreehunter.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/05\/2-4-300x208.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.dutyfreehunter.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/05\/2-4-768x532.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.dutyfreehunter.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/05\/2-4-680x471.jpg 680w, https:\/\/www.dutyfreehunter.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/05\/2-4.jpg 800w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/noscript><\/a> Deputy Prime Minister and Finance Minister Hong Nam-ki attended the opening of the new stores<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>The opening of these outlets will create around 600 new jobs, both directly and indirectly, and also add 34.7 billion won ($29.1 million) to the balance of payments account, according to the fiscal policymaker.<\/p>\n<p>As an initial measure to ensure fair competition, the government has limited the bids for on-arrival duty-free shops to small- and medium-sized operators, banning conglomerates such as Lotte, Shilla and Shinsegae.<\/p>\n<p>Ten categories of items are sold at the new shops with an upper cap on the total value of purchases at $600. At the departure terminals, Koreans are allowed to purchase items costing up to $3,000.<\/p>\n<p>Due to the low cap, the available items are mostly cosmetics, perfumes, packaged food, alcoholic beverages, fashion items, electronic goods, toys and other kid products, and K-pop albums &#8212; instead of luxury goods.<\/p>\n<p>Cigarettes, a duty-free mainstay, will not be sold as also other items like fruit and processed meat products that could affect quarantine procedures.<\/p>\n<p>Domestic items will take up a larger portion of the products sold compared to those at the departure terminals.<\/p>\n<p>The idea of on-arrival duty-free stores was first raised in the National Assembly in 2003, but concerns over congestion and complaints from airlines that sell duty-free products onboard delayed the implementation.<\/p>\n<p>But the concept was brought up again after travellers complained about having to carry duty-free purchases bought before leaving Korea while going abroad.<\/p>\n<p>A survey by Korea Development Institute showed that 81.2 percent of respondents agreed with the need for on-arrival duty free shops, complaining about the inconvenience of carrying around duty-free items they purchased at the departure terminals when they traveled overseas.<\/p>\n<p>On-arrival duty-free shops are operated at 149 airports in 73 countries, including Hong Kong and China.<\/p>\n<p>Source: Korean Herald<\/p>\n<p><iframe title=\"S. 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