South Korea’s government on promised to make efforts to boost exports and attract tourists as the statistics agency released a mixed set of data for January that showed gloomy prospects for the economy. | Reuters
Chinese tourists stand next to street vendors at Myeongdong shopping district in Seoul, South Korea, Jan 9, 2023. REUTERS/Kim Hong-Ji
SEOUL – South Korea’s government on Thursday promised to make efforts to boost exports and attract tourists as the statistics agency released a mixed set of data for January that showed gloomy prospects for the economy. Finance Minister Choo Kyung-ho said at a meeting of officials the likelihood of a quick export recovery were limited but that government ministries would do their best to achieve a goal of averting a decline in exports.He also said the government would make efforts to attract more foreign tourists, whose arrivals so far this year he said have recovered to some 40 percent of the levels seen before the COVID-19 pandemic started 2020.
The comments came as Statistics Korea data showed Asia’s fourth-largest economy could be headed for a recession with the cyclically adjusted coincident index falling in January for a fourth consecutive month.
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