HWACHEON, Jan. 16 (Korea Bizwire) — The ongoing 2018 Hwacheon Sancheoneo Ice Festival attracted a record number of visitors over the weekend, reconfirming its status as a global winter festival, the organizer said Monday. On Saturday, 217,764 people visited the annual festival that runs from Jan. 6-28. The figure is a daily high in the [...]
JEJU ISLAND, South Korea, Jan. 11 (Korea Bizwire) -- The international airport on the southern resort island of Jeju resumed operation Thursday after a couple of temporary shutdowns caused by heavy snowfall, the authorities said. Jeju International Airport banned the use of its runways at 6:30 p.m. due to high winds and heavy snow but [...]
SEOUL, Jan. 11 (Korea Bizwire) — Where Kim Ki-hoon and his friends go to play golf, the grass is always green and the weather is always perfect, unless the players do not want them that way. That is why the group of four prefers indoor, simulated screen golf clubs to actual courses, especially during the [...]
TONGYEONG, Jan. 8 (Korea Bizwie) — The picturesque port city of Tongyeong is considering the construction of another cableway, which could end up being the longest cable car line in South Korea. The new cable car project connecting Mireukdo Island and Hansando Island, and spanning a distance of 23.4 kilometers comes after the success of local [...]
SEOUL, Jan. 8 (Korea Bizwire) — Foreigners satisfaction over traditional Korean food, known as hansik in Korea, was the lowest in the neighboring country of Japan, poll showed Monday, amid frayed ties between the two countries over a number of diplomatic issues. Japanese people’s awareness of Korean food came at 32.8 percent, compared to the [...]
HWACHEON, Jan. 4 (Korea Bizwire) – The Hwacheon Sancheoneo Ice Festival is back this year with extended nighttime events in an all-out bid to attract a record number of visitors. Just in time for Hwacheon’s famous trout fishing festival, which kicks off this weekend, the Hwacheon County Government has announced plans for a number of evening [...]
SEOUL, Dec. 22 (Korea Bizwire) – The number of Chinese tourists in South Korea declined 42.1 percent on-year in November, marking the ninth straight month of decrease following the diplomatic row between the two countries over the deployment of a U.S. anti-missile system here, government data showed Friday. The tally of Chinese visitors came to [...]
SEOUL, Dec. 21 (Korea Bizwire) — Most luxury restaurants and buffet restaurants at major hotels in Seoul have almost been fully booked for Christmas and year-end holidays, industry sources said Thursday. Viking’s Wharf, a lobster buffet restaurant chain, said it has completed accepting reservations for tables at its outlets in Jamsil and Yeouido for the [...]
BEIJING/SEOUL, Dec. 20 (Korea Bizwire) – Chinese authorities have rejected a request by a group of Chinese nationals to visit South Korea later this week, industry sources said Wednesday. The tourists were supposed to leave for South Korea on Friday in a trip arranged by Haitao Travel, a Chinese tour operator, according to the sources. Chinese citizens are required [...]
SEOUL, Dec. 19 (Korea Bizwire) – China’s tourism agencies have resumed sales of tour packages to South Korea, industry sources said Tuesday, in the latest sign of a thaw in the bilateral ties frayed over diplomatic tension. China’s state-owned tour operator CYTS showcased individual and group tours to Seoul, Busan and the southern resort island [...]