(anpenang) Penang to lure tourist with direct flights to Seoul

GEORGE TOWN: The Penang government is in talks with three airlines to provide direct flights from the island to Seoul, Korea.
State Tourism Development Committee chairman Danny Law said discussions were going on with local budget airline AirAsia and South Korean airlines Korean Air and Asiana Airlines.
He said an incentive was offered by the state where US$10 (RM41) will be given to the airline for each tourist flown into the state.
Law said this was part of efforts to tap into other tourist sectors and to grow the tourism industry here.
He revealed that the state administration has began efforts to promote Penang in Korea as well as Myanmar.
“We are doing our part by promoting as a tourist destination,” he said in a press conference yesterday adding that direct flights from Yangon, Myanmar, to Penang will begin near the end of this month.
Law earlier attended the soft opening of the Asia Comic Cultural Musuem which showcases the history and development of comics in the
Asian region.
He also welcomed some 2,000 visitors of the museum from China who are here as an incentive organised by multi level marketing company
Perfect (China) Co Ltd.
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