China And Japan'S Duty-Free Market, South Korea Duty-Free Shops Lose The First Throne.

< p > "the core of tourism is consumption, and the core of consumption is tax exemption".

This sentence describes the close relationship between tourism, consumption and tax-free shopping.

< a href= "http://? Www.sjfzxm.com/news/index_p.asp > > South Korea < /a > as the best developing country in the tax exempt market, it is currently suffering from the collective efforts of the East Asian countries and regions in this field, and the world's number one position is at stake.

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According to the report of P July 16th, China, Taiwan and Hongkong, as well as Japan and other East Asian countries and regions are actively expanding duty-free shops, staring at tourists' wallets.

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< p > < strong > Japan, China Taiwan and Hongkong are actively expanding duty-free shops < /strong > /p >

< p > in the past, the Japanese government which paid less attention to the "a href=" http:// www.sjfzxm.com/news/index_c.asp "duty-free shop /a" recently released the duty-free shop expansion policy.

As a measure to attract 20 million foreign tourists in 2020, the number of duty-free shops will be increased to 1 000, or two times, to foreigners.

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< p > > a href= "http://? Www.sjfzxm.com/news/index_p.asp" > Japan < /a > originally only operated duty free shops in airport buildings, such as Narita Airport duty-free shops and Haneda airport duty-free shops.

Recently decided to build a large duty free shop in Tokyo's famous tourist attraction "Royal platform" before 2015.

KansaiApt Airport in Osaka last month said 30 days to expand duty-free shops and operate jointly with Lotte duty free shops.

The move is largely intended to learn from operation experience of the world's fourth duty free shop Lotte duty-free shop.

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In the process of developing Jinmen island in the past military protected area, Taiwan P opened a duty free shop called "Ever Rich" in May this year.

China, Hongkong and Singapore have never collected taxes on foreign shoppers, but now they are also concentrating duty-free shops in one place to enhance their competitiveness.

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< p > that is to say, duty-free shops are showing a trend of large scale.

Switzerland's Dufry, the world's second largest duty-free shop, bought the world's seventh Nuance last month.

"We need to strengthen our competitiveness in the Asia Pacific region," Dufry said.

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< p > < strong > has the effect of attracting overseas tourists < /strong > < /p >

The reason why P and other countries and regions actively expand duty-free shops is that duty-free shops have a great effect on the domestic demand market.

First, the duty free shop has the effect of attracting tourists for shopping purposes.

A survey conducted by the Ministry of culture, sports and tourism of Korea last year showed that shopping activities were most frequent in Korea (73%), and the most popular shopping place was duty-free shops (46%).

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< p > duty-free shops are especially effective in promoting employment.

According to the data provided by Korea duty-free Association, the scale of duty-free shops in Korea expanded from 4 trillion and 700 billion won in 2010 to 6 trillion and 300 billion won in 2012.

The duty-free shop market expanded by 34%, driving the number of jobs from 10 thousand to 15 thousand, an increase of 50%.

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< p > the number of overseas tourists increases year by year, and the business of duty-free shops is booming.

According to information released by the United Nations World Tourism Organization (UNWTO), the number of world visitors increased by 5% in 2013 to 1 billion 90 million, which is expected to increase by 4% to 4.5% this year.

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< p > < strong > Korea or surpass the first place in the world < /strong > /p >

< p > the development of the situation may make Korea's duty free shop lose its first place in the world, so Korea has a sense of crisis.

The duty-free shop market in Korea is 6 trillion and 300 billion won, ranking first in the world, and is nearly two times the third place in China (3 trillion and 600 billion won).

But the duty-free market in Korea has increased by only about 10% a year, while China has been growing at an average annual rate of 60% in the past 3 years.

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< p > besides, it is difficult for Korean enterprises to set up new duty-free shops in China.

This is because, since last year, there has been a legal requirement to limit the large duty free shops to less than 60% of the total duty-free shops nationwide.

However, there are no relevant laws and regulations on foreign large duty free shops, which leads to arguments about fairness and equity.

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"Duty-free market is a battleground for large multinational companies to compete," said P, a duty-free shop official.

Duty-free shops are not suitable for small and medium enterprises that are unable to bear the cost of purchasing and selling.

In fact, some small and medium-sized enterprises have returned their duty free business licenses recently.

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Jin Changfeng, Professor of Centre College in South Korea, said: "it is necessary for the government to relax restrictions on large enterprises slightly." P

Large enterprises should also form alliances with small and medium-sized enterprises and make greater efforts to expand overseas.

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< p > it is understood that Japan implements a consumption tax exemption policy for foreign tourists. The amount of duty-free consumption has been reduced to more than 5 thousand yen from the previous 10 thousand yen or more. The tax exempt object has been extended to cosmetics, dim sum, Japanese wine and so on.

Moreover, the tax exemption procedures are simplified, and duty-free shops are increased from about 4 thousand to 1.

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