CHUNGCHEONGBUK-DO < invest Korea

A chartered flight between the Cheongju International Airport and the Narita International Airport began its service yesterday.

A flight departed from Narita arrived in Cheongju yesterday.

It is the first time for a plane from the Narita to land at Cheongju since its opening April of 1997.

According to North Chungcheong Province Wednesday, 135 Japanese visitors boarded the plane yesterday and arrived at Cheongju Airport last night.

The tourists will visit Chojung mineral spring, Cheongju Early Printing Museum and Blue House in South, a former vacation home for Korean presidents.

The flights between Narita and Cheongju will be serviced twice between August 22 and August 26.

A North Chungcheong official noted that the province will hold consistent marketing sales activities to attract more Japanese tourists.

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Source: Yonhap News (Aug. 21, 2013)

** This article was translated from the Korean.