New K-Beauty game converts views into money; suggestion for Thailand to send BL series to revive the economy.

South Korea is adapting its strategy to transform digital soft power into experiential tourism within the country, partnering with nine global travel platforms to offer over 800 beauty packages, expanding destinations to Busan and Jeju. The Thai Trade Center in Seoul advises Thailand to learn from this success and leverage its strengths in spa treatments, herbal remedies, Thai entertainment, and BL (Boys' Love) series to attract foreign investment.

July 1, 2569 – The Thai Trade Center in Seoul reported that: The South Korean government has announced a strategic economic plan to transform the online popularity of K-Pop artists and K-Drama actors into real economic revenue through the full-scale promotion of the beauty and wellness tourism industry.

This move reflects an effort to drive the economy beyond its traditional reliance on cosmetics exports, aiming to elevate it to a more sustainable service industry that generates higher added value.

By partnering with nine major global online travel platforms to launch over 800 beauty-related travel packages, and organizing business matching events with tourism operators from 19 countries, they are jointly designing medical and wellness tourism routes. This will help distribute income from the luxury hub of Seoul to natural attractions in other major tourist cities such as Busan and Jeju Island.

The challenges and opportunities presented here are something Thailand can immediately decipher and apply. Because Thailand is already a world-class destination for tourism and medical services. "Thailand has great potential to further develop this approach through the T-Beauty & Thai Wellness model." By combining internationally recognized strengths such as Thai massage, spas, herbal remedies, and applied Thai traditional medicine clinics with a contemporary image like Thai textiles, this strategy will not only attract customers but will also serve as an excellent springboard for propelling Thai skincare, cosmetics, and lifestyle products internationally in the long term.

Furthermore, the approach of organizing business matching events to attract foreign entrepreneurs to design tourism routes is something that Thai private sector companies can adapt to attract South Korean tourists, who are increasingly interested in wellness, to travel to Thailand. This is especially relevant given the current rapid expansion of Thailand's entertainment industry in the Asian region.

With the rise of BL (Boys' Love) series, Thai dramas, and the T-Pop scene, Thailand should seize this opportunity to promote Thai artists and actors as cultural ambassadors. This will attract international fans to experience Thai health and wellness and learn about Thai beauty products, effectively expanding marketing channels and business networks abroad.

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