Following previous fears over lack of accommodation, South Korean officials insist they now have enough hotel rooms and must focus on improving their quality.

Under an "Olympic Stay and Accommodation" project, the local Government are due to fund 2,000 restaurants and over 1,400 places where visitors can stay. 

Funds will go towards improve the standard of kitchens, bathrooms, bedrooms and general hygiene standards.

According to the Hankook Ilbo newspaper, any restaurant larger than 66 square metres is eligible for ₩7 million (£5,000/$6,000/€5,700) funding.

There had been complaints over standards some restaurants during test events held this winter. 

"With less than an year to go until the 2018 Games, key aspects such as food a and accommodation will be fully ready to cause no discomfort," Gangwon Province Governor Choi Mun-soon told Hankook Ilbo.

"The province will do its best to make Gangwon Province an attractive tour destination, where the visitors want to come back again."

A lack of suitable hotels - particular in mountain areas - was highlighted as a concern during the Chef de Mission meeting at the beginning of last month.

Organisers have since announced that two new hotels are being built at Jeongseon, the site for Alpine skiing at both the Olympic and Paralympic Games.

They should each be completed by October.

It is claimed that there should now be 42,984 hotel rooms in the region by next year, marking an increase from the expected Games-time demand of 30,000.

A separate project designed to help the tourists' experience has also been unveiled by the Provincial authorities.

This will involved the installing of a tourist guidebook stand, direction signs and price boards in multi-languages.

By November, it is hoped that a "Call Centre" with a database of 3,400 recommended restaurant and hotels will be completed.

It will reportedly be available in the four languages of English, Chinese, Japanese and Russian.