By Philip Maina
2 days agoTue Jan 07 2025 09:16:58
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South Korea’s biggest island, Jeju, has actually revealed strategies to provide an NFT-based “digital tourist resident card” to bring in Gen Z travelers. The NFTs will have unique advantages like offering holders aids and discount rates on traveler locations. Jeju means to launch the antiques in the 2nd quarter of this year and hopes it’ll motivate travelers to review the island, a relocation that comes at a time when NFT collectors are going back to the scene after an extended bearish market.
Jeju Using NFTs To Boost Economy
According to Korea’s Maeil Business Newspaperthe NFTs will be provided by the unique independent province, including that the relocation targets Korean travelers with the supreme objective being to renew Jeju’s economy.
Apart from Gen Z, Jeju wishes to lure the Millennial generation to likewise check out the island’s traveler locations. Jeju is a popular location for travelers trying to find resorts and treking routes, and it is the nation’s only island with an independent city government.
The statement comes approximately 10 months after the island’s management satisfied to go over tapping antiques and blockchain innovation to improve Jeju’s economy. Apart from consenting to check out NFTs in the tourist sector, they likewise considered utilizing antiques in the fishing sector.
“We Have Moved Beyond” Web1 and Web2
Korea Blockchain Industry Promotion Association’s Kwon Soo-ho thinks “we have actually moved beyond” Web1 and Web2 to Web3 which is identified by decentralization, “blockchain, token economy, and [the] metaverse.”
Jeju isn’t the only island checking out the Web3 world. In 2023, for instance, the Faroe Islands revealed NFT-linked postal stamps to provide collectors control of the stamp production procedure. Tuvalu, another island, is likewise working to recreate itself in the metaverse.
With Jeju targeting Korean travelers, it’s to be seen whether the choice will later on encompass worldwide travelers.
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