SEOUL, Oct. 18 (Korea Bizwire) – Chinese travelers in their 20s and 30s have emerged as the key customers for South Korean duty-free stores as they are enticed by Korean pop culture and shopping experiences here, industry officials said Monday. Local duty-free shops in the past mostly generated revenue from middle-aged Chinese travelers who bought [...]
SEOUL, Oct. 17 (Korea Bizwire) – The rooftop garden at the government complex in Sejong, central South Korea, has been officially recognized by Guinness World Records as the world’s largest garden on a rooftop to date, government officials said Monday. Government officials, including Vice Interior Minister Kim Sung-lyul, unveiled a monument on the roof to [...]
SEOUL, Oct. 17 (Korea Bizwire) – Ddaleungee, Seoul’s public bike-sharing service, is gaining more public interest, and the city’s eco-friendly initiative is gradually bearing fruit. According to the metropolitan government, the aggregate number of rentals as of last month was 1,129,770 – which means roughly one in ten Seoulites has used the service since it [...]
PYEONGTAEK, South Korea, Oct. 14 (Korea Bizwire) – A massive Chinatown to be established in Pyeongtaek’s Yellow Sea Free Economic Zone (YSFEZ) is finally picking up steam. According to China Castle, the project’s special purpose company (SPC), 50 billion won ($44 million) in capital has been secured, which should allow the venture to take off [...]
SEOUL, Oct. 14 (Korea Bizwire) – South Korea’s government said Friday it is test operating a visa waiver program for foreign tourists entering the country via three selected cruise ships in the next six months. The Ministry of Justice said passengers of those cruise ships — Costa Serena, Sapphire Princess and Quantum of the Seas [...]
SEJONG, Oct. 13 (Korea Bizwire) – South Korean retailers saw their sales increase more than 10 percent during a nationwide shopping festival that started late last month thanks to rising demand from Chinese shoppers, government data showed Thursday. The massive shopping campaign called “Korea Sale Festa,” which began Sept. 29 for 11 days, was designed [...]
SEOUL, Oct. 12 (Korea Bizwire) – Wednesday’s parliamentary audit brought to light the revelation that Korean travel agencies are offering holiday packages to countries with government-designated travel alerts, with some calling for government intervention to safeguard citizens. There are currently four levels of travel alerts issued by the Ministry of Foreign Affairs: Purple (areas needing [...]
INCHEON, Oct. 12 (Korea Bizwire) – Convenience food, packaged Korean cuisine, is rapidly gaining popularity among foreigners, with an increasing number of travelers purchasing the products at Korean airports before departure. Food and restaurant services company Our Home started offering Korean convenience food at its Food Empire outlets at Incheon International Airport this year. Food [...]
SEOUL, Oct. 10 (Korea Bizwire) – Instant coffee mix was found to be the most popular ‘tea’ beverage for overseas tourists visiting Korea. Coffee mix is an instant coffee product containing ingredients such as ground coffee beans, sugar and creamer, and it comes in single serving packages for quick preparation. Of 926 surveyed tourists, 53 [...]
SEOUL, Oct. 10 (Korea Bizwire) – The Ministry of Culture, Sports & Tourism and the Korea Tourism Organization is operating what is being called a “Souvenir Truck”, visiting Seoul’s most renowned tourist attractions. The venture took off on September 30 at the east plaza of COEX (Convention and Exhibition Center), to mark the start of [...]