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South Korea gets a taste of NZ tourism with luge

Holly Ryan
By Holly Ryan
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15 Feb, 2017 08:17 PM2 mins to read

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Skyline luge is heading to South Korea. Photo/Sheena Haywood

Skyline luge is heading to South Korea. Photo/Sheena Haywood

One of New Zealand's most popular tourism ventures has arrived in South Korea.

Skyline Enterprises, which operates the luge in Rotorua and Queenstown, last week opened a $20 million luge development in South Korea's Tongyeong City.

Thousands of customers turned up for the opening weekend, with Korean social media going into a frenzy.

오 대박!!!!! 통영에 드뎌 루지 뜸 ^_^ 친구들이랑 같이타면 꿀잼이겠당ㅎㅎ #사람몰리기전에_재빠르게_친구콜각 -영상 제보해주신 분이 전하는 말! - 겨울에 타시는 분들은 장갑 꼭 끼세요. 손 얼어요! 그리고 꼭 두 손 모두 핸들 잡고 타세요! 코 풀려고 잠시 한 손 놨다가 꼬꾸라질 뻔 했어요ㅠ 그리고 운전하며 카메라, 폰 조작은 안됩니당!! 마운트 필수! By 김동일(Insta@0905_95)님

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Construction on the enterprise began just 15 months ago, and the completed project will feature six tracks, a chairlift and two terminals.

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Skyline executive chairman Mark Quickfall said the company was excited to share the luge concept with South Korea.

"This has been a very rewarding project, with many positive relationships formed with South Korea and Tongyeong City," Quickfall said.

"We employ 50 people at Skyline Luge Tongyeong - with a further 50 employees expected - and we are delighted that this level of investment has been so well received by South Korea since early planning days."

Quickfall said the luge project was the largest direct capital investment in South Korea by a New Zealand company.

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Officials from South Korea and New Zealand Trade and Enterprise were involved in the development process.

방금 개장한 통영루지 직접 체험 영상.avi

방금 개장한 통영루지 직접 체험 영상.avi #통영_루지_같이_탈_친구_소환!

Posted by Dingo Travel (딩고 트래블) on Thursday, February 9, 2017

"Although new to Korea we know Korean guests love the luge," Quickfall said.

"This is based on numbers riding in the first week at Tongyeong and at our other sites."

"In fact, Korea provides the second-highest number of international riders at Skyline Luge Sentosa, in Singapore," he said.

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"For the first six days Skyline Luge Tongyeong has operated well ahead of our estimates, which bodes extremely well for the future of our new operation."

The luge is located directly below the coastal city's iconic Hallyeosudo Landscape Cable Car.

Tongyeong is a domestic tourism hotspot and the cable car attracts more than 1 million visitors each year.

Skyline has been operating the luge in New Zealand for more than 30 years and also has sites in Canada and Singapore.

The Skyline Luge Tongyeong will be the company's 6th site.

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