The Ministry of Culture, Sports and Tourism will hold the 2025 Tourism Job Festa at the aT Center in Seocho-gu, Seoul, from the 30th to the 1st of next month.
The event was prepared to respond to the surge in tourism demand driven by the popularity of domestic content and to support jobs for talent who will lead the tourism industry.
As of the end of Jul., the number of foreign tourists visiting Korea this year is about 10.56 million. It increased by about 15.9 percentage points from the same period last year. The event was planned as the need grew to strengthen the inflow of new personnel and job matching for the sustained growth of the tourism industry.
The theme of the event is "My tourism career, taking off now!" About 130 corporations will participate, including travel agencies, hotels and resorts, MICE (meetings, incentives, conferences and exhibitions) corporations, as well as tourism ventures, travel platforms, and theme parks.
It will operate a national tourism job network zone and an overseas employment zone, in collaboration with the Korea Tourism Organization (KTO) Job Center, Regional Tourism Enterprise Support Centers, and local government economic promotion agencies, to broaden job seekers' employment opportunities.
It will also strengthen Job Talk sessions featuring current professionals in the tourism sector and offer job counseling. It has also created hands-on tourism job experience events and exploration programs that visit tourism corporations' workplaces.
Kim Geun-ho, director general for tourism industry policy at the Ministry of Culture, Sports and Tourism, said, "To establish the tourism industry as a growth engine of the economy, it is important to solidify its human resources base," adding, "Through this expo, corporations will find outstanding talent, and job seekers will be able to work in the tourism sector."