SOUTH KOREAN SPA AND BEAUTY SALON SECTORS WORKING THROUGH ECONOMIC BLUES
August 1st, 2017
LIKE its neighbour Japan, South Korea has a tradition of using public baths and spas, notably their 24-hour jimjilbangs, with hot and cold soaking pools, bathing and massage areas, saunas, entertainment lounges and communal sleeping.
As a result, the country’s spa and beauty salon sectors seem largely unaffected by the drastic decline in Chinese tourist arrivals amid retaliatory measures by Beijing over Seoul last year allowing US forces to deploy THAAD defence missiles on South Korean soil.
The sector’s resilience is reflected in businesses’ expressions ...
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