JEJU, Nov. 8 (Korea Bizwire) – The Jeju Olle Corporation reported on Wednesday that the 2023 Jeju Olle Walking Festival, spanning courses 11, 12, and 13 and running from November 2 to 4 under the theme “Walk, Wish, and Wind,” drew more than 10,000 participants, as revealed by a survey. Of the 632 individuals surveyed, [...]
SEOUL, Nov. 1 (Korea Bizwire) – Mongolia has emerged as a trendy travel destination, particularly appealing to Generation MZ, the demographic born in the early 1980s to the early 2000s. Mongolia typically experiences high summer temperatures in the 20s, with the prime travel season running from June to September. Major travel agencies have significantly increased the [...]
SEOUL, Oct. 30 (Korea Bizwire) – British artist David Hockney’s artworks are back in Seoul. This time, they are in an interactive art form, in which the artist himself gives a first-person narrative on his artmaking backed by an emotive score. The 50-minute immersive art show, “Bigger & Closer (Not Smaller & Further Away),” is [...]
SEOUL, Oct. 30 (Korea Bizwire) – The number of foreign visitors to South Korea stayed above 1 million for the third consecutive month in September, data showed Monday. Last month, around 1.1 million foreign nationals came to Korea, up 225.2 percent from a year ago, according to the data by the Korea Tourism Organization (KTO). [...]
BORYEONG, Oct. 20 (Korea Bizwire) – A water-themed amusement park, originally intended to make use of an abandoned mine’s groundwater, is set to be constructed in Boryeong, Chungcheongnam-do. Originally, the plan was to create a hydroponic facility in the abandoned mine. However, concerns about potential flooding arising from drainage problems led to a change in plans. The [...]
JEJU, Oct. 19 (Korea Bizwire) – Jeju Island’s position as South Korea’s favorite tourist spot is slipping. Travel research company Consumer Insight recently revealed that in its summer vacation satisfaction survey, Jeju Island ranked fourth with a score of 723 out of 1000. This marks the first time Jeju has missed the top spot since the survey [...]
SEOUL, Oct. 7 (Korea Bizwire) – A large-scale international fireworks festival was to take place in Seoul on Saturday, anticipating a crowd of over 1 million people, the city government has beefed up measures to ensure public safety, officials said. Under the theme “Lights of Tomorrow,” the 2023 Seoul International Fireworks Festival, organized by Hanwha [...]
SEOUL, Oct. 3 (Korea Bizwire) — Traffic on major expressways across South Korea remained relatively light Tuesday, the final day of the extended Chuseok holiday, as many families returned home after visiting their hometowns. As of 9 a.m., the estimated travel time to Seoul from Busan, 320 kilometers southeast of the capital, was 4 hours [...]
SEOUL, Oct. 2 (Korea Bizwire) — Major expressways across South Korea are expected to experience heavy traffic Monday, the fifth day of the extended Chuseok holiday, as many families headed home after visiting their hometowns. As of 9 a.m., the estimated travel time to Seoul from the southeastern port city of Busan was 4 hours [...]
SEOUL, Sept. 23 (Korea Bizwire) – Traveling to facilitate the relocation of adopted dogs to new homes abroad has gained significant popularity, particularly in the wake of the pandemic, when international travel has resumed. Dogs rescued from distressing places such as puppy mills and breeding farms often find themselves in foreign lands due to [...]