SEOUL, Nov. 7 (Korea Bizwire) – South Korea’s retail and tourism industries are seeking ways to embrace a growing number of independent travelers from China with customized services as Beijing is set to tighten regulations on cheap package tours, industry officials said Monday. Duty-free operators and department stores have stepped up customized marketing targeted at [...]
SEOUL, Nov. 1 (Korea Bizwire) – The Seoul Metropolitan Government and Seoul Tourism Organization launched Tuesday One More Trip (www.onemoretrip.net), an integrated platform connecting tourists with some of the most unique experiences in Seoul and its nearby cities. According to officials, the new website will allow visitors to search for tourism and culture content that [...]
SEOUL, Oct. 27 (Korea Bizwire) – South Korea’s air passenger traffic surged from a year earlier in September with both international and domestic passengers continuing to increase, the government said Thursday. The number of international air passengers to and from the country spiked 21.7 percent on-year to over 5.99 million last month, with the number [...]
SEOUL, Oct. 25 (Korea Bizwire) – The Chinese government has been moving to tighten regulations on cheap tour packages, raising concerns among South Korean businesses relying on the biggest source of travel income, industry officials said Tuesday. Earlier this month, the China National Tourism Administration (CNTA) said it will closely look into “irrationally” cheap travel [...]
SEOUL, Oct. 25 (Korea Bizwire) – Recent study data from the Ministry of Culture, Sports and Tourism has revealed that Seoul lacks mid-priced accommodations while the city has an excess supply of high-priced and budget hotels. The study focused on lodging installations in Seoul, divided into four price categories: high-priced (over 200,000 won, $175.80), mid-to-high [...]
PAJU, South Korea, Oct. 25 (Korea Bizwire) – The city of Paju north of Seoul plans to relocate the observatory at Dorasan Station, South Korea’s northernmost station, to another site offering a better view of North Korea by the end of next year, the municipality said Tuesday. The Paju municipality has pushed ahead with the [...]
SEOUL, Oct. 21 (Korea Bizwire) – The Ministry of Oceans and Fisheries announced an amendment of regulations with the goal of strengthening the marine leisure industry on October 20 at the 8th Regulation Reformation On-site Monitoring Meeting held with the presence of the Prime Minister. The measure was set up to stimulate the marine leisure [...]
CHUNCHEON, South Korea, Oct. 19 (Korea Bizwire) – A walk on Chuncheon’s Soyang River Skywalk, a major tourism attraction featuring a transparent glass bridge, may not be as much of a thrill as some were hoping it might be, resulting in the scaling back of plans for the facility’s expansion. The Skywalk is a glass [...]
SEOUL, Oct. 19 (Korea Bizwire) – The Ministry of Science, ICT and Future Planning announced Tuesday the development of what is tentatively being called a “Subsonic Capsule Train” that can travel at a speed of Mach 0.8 (987.84km/h). Once commercialized, it would allow 30-minute travel between Seoul and Busan (325km) on a maglev train through [...]
YONGIN, South Korea, Oct. 18 (Korea Bizwire) – Everland, Korea’s largest theme park and the crown jewel of Samsung C&T Corporation, became the first Korean business enterprise to exceed 4 million page likes on Facebook, which is roughly one fourth of Korean Facebook users (16 million). The park’s Facebook page was launched in January 2011, [...]