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SEOUL, August 28 (Yonhap) -- Busan City warned the local accommodation facilities due to places trying to get rip-off fees as BTS holds a free concert in Busan in October in the hopes of promoting the Busan Expo.
Busan City announced on Sunday that they had organized an inspection team and started on-site identification and guidance and added that they would be planning more inspection teams and continue examining.
The city explained that there will be a meeting to convene all institutions presided over by the Mayor of Busan City, Park Hyung-joon, on August 30 to come up with strong measures.
"They have changed the point of opening a concert to attract people for the Busan Expo and drained the public image of Busan," "We are going to give our best support so that the concert is meaningful and ends in success," one of the officials from the Busan Metropolitan City government said.
BTS, the ambassador of the 2030 Busan Expo, will be hosting a free special concert to promote the expo in Gijang-gun, Busan on October 15.
The concert is expected to attract more than 100,000 visitors.
As a result, some accommodation facilities are canceling the reservations made earlier to make another reservation in a price 10 times higher.
Prices for hotel rooms have shot up, with ocean view rooms at 2.75 million won and city view rooms at 1.65 million won.
On the day of the concert, some motels more than 10 km away from the concert hall received 610,000 won just for a day.
(This article was translated from Korean to English by Dowon Kim.)
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