JEJU, April 20 (Korea Bizwire) – Jeju Island has attracted international media coverage of famous tourist attractions, including its renowned UNESCO World Heritage Sites Seongsan Ilchulbong Peak and Manjanggul Cave, in the run-up to the PyeongChang 2018 Olympics. Last Thursday, international media outlet Al Jazeera visited Seongsan Ilchulbong Peak and Manjanggul Cave, according to Jeju government [...]
YEONGJONGDO, South Korea, April 20 (Korea Bizwire) – South Korea’s first casino and hotel complex was unveiled at a grand opening outside of Seoul on Thursday, as the country is struggling to cope with a dearth of Chinese visitors in the wake of a diplomatic row with its neighbor. Paradise City marked its official opening [...]
SEOUL, April 19 (Korea Bizwire) – According to a report released yesterday, the golf industry in South Korea is worth an estimated 11.4 trillion won, with the market for so called ‘screen golf’ services alone thought to exceed 1 trillion won, accounting for 10 percent of the total. The report from the Yuwon Golf Foundation [...]
SEJONG, April 19 (Korea Bizwire) – South Korea will hold this year’s nationwide shopping festival involving retailers and traditional markets in the fall to attract foreign shoppers and boost lackluster domestic consumption, the government said Wednesday. The Ministry of Trade, Industry and Energy said the “Korea Sale FESTA,” will take place from Sept. 28 to [...]
SEOUL, April 18 (Korea Bizwire) – The overcharging of foreigners by taxi drivers in the Seoul metropolitan area appears to be tapering off, the municipal government said Tuesday, citing the results of its continued crackdowns. According to the Seoul Metropolitan Government, the average taxi fare paid by foreign visitors for trips from Incheon International Airport, [...]
SEOUL, April 18 (Korea Bizwire) – The experience of hikers in Seoul is set to become much more fun and interactive as the Seoul government has released Seoul Dulle-gil (서울둘레길), a mobile app that will reward hikers who complete trails along the outskirts of Seoul with digital stamps and certificates. The new GPS-based app, which was [...]
JEJU, April 18 (Korea Bizwire) – Tourists from Southeast Asian countries visiting Jeju Island on the last leg of their tour will soon be able to travel to the rest of South Korea for five days without a visa, according to government officials. At a provincial government conference held yesterday, Jeju Province Governor Won Hee-ryong [...]
SEOUL, Apr. 17 (Korea Bizwire) — South Korean pop culture businesses have been seriously hurt by China’s retaliation against South Korea’s deployment of a U.S. anti-missile system, with more than 30 such cases reported over the past month alone, the culture ministry said Sunday. “A total of 31 damage cases were reported between March 16, [...]
SEOUL, April 14 (Korea Bizwire) – Struggling to cope with a sharp drop in Chinese visitors, local tourism organizations have stepped up efforts to release novel tour programs to woo Japanese and Southeast Asian visitors, government and industry sources said Friday. The South Korea tourism and hospitality sectors have been hit by the dearth in [...]
SEOUL, April 13 (Korea Bizwire) – The number of Chinese passengers traveling via Incheon International Airport in the first 10 days of this month dropped by 37 percent from a year ago amid a diplomatic row over the deployment of a U.S. missile defense system, its operator said Thursday. A total of 226,066 Chinese nationals [...]