{"id":18928,"date":"2026-10-01T08:30:00","date_gmt":"2026-10-01T13:30:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.mundovideo.com.co\/en\/?post_type=asia&#038;p=18928"},"modified":"2026-10-01T06:51:19","modified_gmt":"2026-10-01T11:51:19","slug":"tourism-record-collides-with-jeju-dream-tower-strike","status":"publish","type":"asia","link":"https:\/\/www.mundovideo.com.co\/en\/asia\/tourism-record-collides-with-jeju-dream-tower-strike\/","title":{"rendered":"Tourism record collides with Jeju Dream Tower strike"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>South Korea entered China\u2019s Golden Week on September 30, 2026, with two opposing forces, with a record 15.05 million international visitors accumulated through August and a strike involving around 400 workers at Jeju Dream Tower Casino, launched at 07:00 on September 28 and scheduled to run until October 3.<\/strong> The walkout is hitting the foreigner-only casino just as it expects stronger traffic from China during the <strong>October 1\u20137 holiday period<\/strong>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full is-resized\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.mundovideo.com.co\/mve-ads\/?lang=en\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\" noreferrer noopener\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"600\" height=\"500\" src=\"https:\/\/www.mundovideo.com.co\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2026\/05\/ADS-MVE.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-16352\" style=\"width:840px;height:auto\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.mundovideo.com.co\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2026\/05\/ADS-MVE.jpg 600w, https:\/\/www.mundovideo.com.co\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2026\/05\/ADS-MVE-300x250.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 600px) 100vw, 600px\" \/><\/a><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The <strong>Ministry of Culture, Sports and Tourism (MCST)<\/strong>, headed by <strong>Chae Hwi-young<\/strong>, reported that South Korea received exactly <strong>15,048,435 international visitors between January and August<\/strong>, up 21.6% year on year and the highest level for that period in 30 years. August alone brought <strong>2.25 million arrivals<\/strong>, up 23.3%, while foreign visitor card spending reached <strong>KRW14.018 trillion<\/strong>, a 48.5% increase and a record high.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full is-resized\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"668\" height=\"416\" src=\"https:\/\/www.mundovideo.com.co\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2026\/10\/tourism-record-collides-with-jeju-dream-tower-strike2.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-18930\" style=\"width:840px;height:auto\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.mundovideo.com.co\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2026\/10\/tourism-record-collides-with-jeju-dream-tower-strike2.png 668w, https:\/\/www.mundovideo.com.co\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2026\/10\/tourism-record-collides-with-jeju-dream-tower-strike2-300x187.png 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 668px) 100vw, 668px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><em>Park Sung-hyeuck<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Greater China generated <strong>7,005,163 arrivals<\/strong>, up 28.9%: mainland China contributed <strong>4,816,134<\/strong>, Taiwan <strong>1,656,255<\/strong>, Hong Kong 495,680 and Macau 37,094. Japan added <strong>2,698,857<\/strong>, up 17.5%. South Korea eased multiple-entry visa requirements from <strong>March 30<\/strong> for citizens of 11 Southeast Asian countries and launched a visa-free pilot in May for Indonesian tour groups. The <strong>Korea Tourism Organization<\/strong>, chaired by <strong>Park Sung-hyeuck<\/strong>, reinforced K-Culture campaigns; its Singapore travel fair attracted 120,000 attendees.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"861\" height=\"608\" src=\"https:\/\/www.mundovideo.com.co\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2026\/10\/tourism-record-collides-with-jeju-dream-tower-strike3.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-18931\" style=\"aspect-ratio:1.4158653846153846\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.mundovideo.com.co\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2026\/10\/tourism-record-collides-with-jeju-dream-tower-strike3.png 861w, https:\/\/www.mundovideo.com.co\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2026\/10\/tourism-record-collides-with-jeju-dream-tower-strike3-300x212.png 300w, https:\/\/www.mundovideo.com.co\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2026\/10\/tourism-record-collides-with-jeju-dream-tower-strike3-768x542.png 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 861px) 100vw, 861px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">In Jeju, the union is demanding that dealer shifts be reduced from <strong>80 to 60 minutes<\/strong>, that continuous extensions of up to 120 minutes be avoided, starting salaries be raised, performance bonuses be introduced and wage gaps between departments be reduced. Lotte Tour Development argues that the <strong>80-minutes-on\/20-minutes-off<\/strong> system is standard in Macau and Singapore and says wages rose <strong>5% annually between 2022 and 2026<\/strong>, with additional 5%-10% increases for promotions.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full is-resized\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.mundovideo.com.co\/landing\/multigame-link\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\" noreferrer noopener\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"700\" height=\"700\" src=\"https:\/\/www.mundovideo.com.co\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2024\/08\/multigame-diamod-III-700-eng.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-9622\" style=\"width:840px;height:auto\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.mundovideo.com.co\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2024\/08\/multigame-diamod-III-700-eng.jpg 700w, https:\/\/www.mundovideo.com.co\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2024\/08\/multigame-diamod-III-700-eng-300x300.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.mundovideo.com.co\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2024\/08\/multigame-diamod-III-700-eng-150x150.jpg 150w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 700px) 100vw, 700px\" \/><\/a><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Dream Tower expanded from <strong>149 tables in 2024 to 169 in Q1 2026<\/strong>. During that quarter, casino revenue reached <strong>KRW118.6 billion<\/strong>, up 40.3%, with 150,553 visitors. The property remains open while the company seeks to maintain operating capacity throughout Golden Week.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>South Korea entered China\u2019s Golden Week on September 30, 2026, with two opposing forces, with a record 15.05 million international visitors accumulated through August and a strike involving around 400 workers at Jeju Dream Tower Casino, launched at 07:00 on September 28 and scheduled to run until October 3. <\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":18929,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"inline_featured_image":false,"_genesis_hide_title":false,"_genesis_hide_breadcrumbs":false,"_genesis_hide_singular_image":false,"_genesis_hide_footer_widgets":false,"_genesis_custom_body_class":"","_genesis_custom_post_class":"","_genesis_layout":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[2323,57,15,5018,2350,2396,105,2450],"class_list":["post-18928","asia","type-asia","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-sin-categoria","tag-asia","tag-casinos","tag-gambling","tag-jeju","tag-korea","tag-south-korea","tag-sports-betting","tag-tourism","entry"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v25.6 - 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