time now for our life and info segment where we focus on information useful for
your everyday life today we're going to talk all about South Korea's first-ever
duty-free shops in the arrivals part of the airport rather than the usual stalls
we find in departures they're seen as much more convenient for passengers who
don't want to lug their purchases around for hours on the plane and waiting for
their bags just buy and then go so from sharing the most popular items to how to
shop wisely I'm happy to say we have our Kim dami in the studio with us hello
dami it's thank you for joining us today so I'm aware that three of these arrival
duty-free stores are already here in Korea two of them at Incheon
International airport's Terminal number one which is the main one the big one
and then one at Terminal two which is the smaller one that just opened right
so after immigration you have to wait for your luggage at the baggage claim
which can be a pain in the neck right and often times that way for your
backpack or suitcase to emerge can be quite long and boring at least for me
but it's the perfect time for you to shop your way through the jetlag it's a
big problem if you're taking a long intercontinental flight you don't really
like waiting for your suitcase for 30 minutes you just want to get out of
there so I do hear that these arrival duty-free shops are located right by the
baggage reclaim area so if you do have a bit of time you can do some shopping to
relieve your stress or whatnot it's been over one month since the shops opened at
the airport so we all want to know what do the passengers the customers think of
this new service thus far so the of course the convenient location is the
main selling point of the arrival a duty-free shops and it looks like there
are certain items that people go for when duty-free shopping for both arrival
and regular dreary shoppings so liquor like whiskey vodka and gin is by far the
most popular item followed by makeup perfume and food of $559 Golf Club is
the most expensive item for sale $8 cotton pads the cheapest okay so I'm
looking at the chart on the screen there dummy and I noticed one glaring omission
which is tobacco like cigarettes you can buy a carton of them much cheaper than
you can in most other countries as far as I remember tobacco's always really
top the sales chart way ahead of anything like cosmetics and fashion
you're right the reason is you're actually not allowed to buy tobacco
products at the arrival duty-free shops as there are concerns that people may
buy and resell them for a higher price to other people so the shops handle
around 10 items now including a sunglasses a Korean ginseng some
electronics and chocolate just no tobacco and yes some visitors wish they
had more options I came to buy some makeup but the options are quite limited
speaking as a customer I wish the purchase limit was higher now the second
customer you spoke to you there mentioned a purchase limit and I'm note
to believe as a semi frequent traveler that you can purchase up to three
thousand US dollars worth of goods as you depart the country at these
departure duty-free shops but at these new arrival duty-free shops
I hear that figure is much smaller than around six hundred dollars right so in
total you can purchase up to thirty six hundred dollars worth of goods at
duty-free shops but tags exemption per person is unchanged at six hundred
dollars so let's say I'm on a vacation in the Maldives and there I spent a
thousand dollars for my summer wardrobe and I would have I know
I would have to declare that spending when I arrived back in Korea right yeah
but as soon as I'm back on Korean soil I spent another six hundred dollars on
makeup in cosmetics and perfume at the new arrival shop then I get my tax
exemption on the makeup I bought at the arrival duty shop because cosmetic
products I mean domestic product excuse me get tags exemptions first well I
never realized you such a luxury traveler and enjoyed shopping so much
dummy but I wish I wish and normally I would get a 25% tax exemption on the
clothes because clothes have the highest tax exemption rate for cosmetics is just
20% so I'll keep that in mind when shopping the arrival shops are expected
to create hundreds of new jobs here in Korea and hopefully it will further
encourage both locals and foreigners to spend more money in the country boosting
the local economy right now there are only around 150 airports in the world
they offer arrivals duty-free services two passengers out of eighty eight
countries recently surveyed so it's a rarity right now and South Korea also
plans to expand the arrival duty-free shops depending on how well they perform
well we hope they do perform well because let's say they are expected to
create hundreds of much-needed jobs here in Korea and if you are buying a bottle
of liquor or alcohol for someone you know it seriously is much more
convenient to buy it an affray shop rather than buying it in another country
waiting around for your plane putting on the plane and then going through the
whole thing as well but it's great that Korea has incorporated it into Incheon
an international airport already ranked among the best in the world so this is
surely going to boost up those scores as well right definitely and it's
summertime which means more shopping and more in and out of the country so
hopefully more locals and foreigners enjoy this arrival duty-free services
well I'm sure you'll make good use of it before you go to the Maldives and spend
a bunch of money awfully Oh
okay well thanks very much Tammi as always for that and after the newscast
you can tell me where you're gonna go on vacation next time okay well that's
where we're going to leave it for now now we're going to turn to our weather
update