SEOUL, Jan. 29 (Korea Bizwire) - Two South Korean cities, Seoul and Jeju, were ranked among the world’s 100 most visited cities by foreign travelers in 2014, CNN reported Thursday. The South Korean capital Seoul ranked 13th in international tourist arrivals by attracting 9.39 million foreign travelers, CNN reported, citing data from Euromonitor, the British [...]
SEJONG, Jan.28 (Korea Bizwire) – A new iteration of the Korea Grand Sale, a shopping festival targeting foreigners visiting Korea, will be held during the month of February. The Ministry of Culture, Sports and Tourism and the Visit Korea committee announced that the Korea Grand Sale will be held from February 1 to February 29 [...]
SEOUL, Jan.28 (Korea Bizwire) – Lotte Group announced that it has launched a smartphone app for Chinese tourists visiting Korea. The application is called ‘TianTianLeTian’, and provides visitors with information on shopping, tourism, and other services offered by Lotte companies. Department stores and large discount stores have already launched mobile solutions for Chinese tourists, but [...]
JEJU, Jan.27 (Korea Bizwire) – Passengers were held ‘hostage’ at the Jeju airport as low-cost airlines were failing in efficiently boarding passengers on their flights. The lines in front of the low-cost airline counters were not getting any shorter. The chaos was created when low-cost airlines gave out waiting number tickets to the passengers randomly [...]
SEOUL, Jan.21 (Korea Bizwire) – To celebrate the year of tourism in Korea, visa fees for Chinese tour groups will be waived for a one year period. In addition, starting from the latter half of this year, tourism will be linked to Hallyu content, and a ‘Hallyu Visa’ for Chinese tourists on short trips will [...]
POHANG, Jan.14 (Korea Bizwire) – The number of foreign tourists that visited Dokdo Island last year increased greatly. According to Dokdo’s management office, 733 foreign tourists visited in 2015, which was five times more than the 127 foreign visitors in 2014. Since the island was opened to the public, 99 visited in 2005, 157 in [...]
SEOUL, Jan 13 (Korea Bizwire) – The Eurail group, which provides Eurail passes that allow passengers to travel Europe by train, announced that Korea is its second largest market in the world, and the largest market in Asia. The share of Korean passengers that used Eurail from January to November 2015 was 14 percent, ranking [...]
SEOUL, Dec.31 (Korea Bizwire) – As the concern on public security is increasing in the Philippines, Hana Tour Agency announced that they have arranged a safety net for travelers visiting areas such as Boracay. Firstly, a real-name system will be adopted among local guides and coordinators. The clients of Hana Tour are able to look [...]
DAEJEON, Dec.21 (Korea Bizwire) – The Korea Rail Network Authority announced that it has selected eight local governments to start businesses using railways and land which are no longer in use. Some of the abandoned areas have been used under agreements between local governments and the Korea Rail Network Authority, but as the Ministry of [...]
SEOUL, Dec.21 (Korea Bizwire) – The Seoul branch of Korea Federation of Small and Medium Business announced that it will operate a Christmas market at Seoul Square from December 21 to 24. A total of 250 small and medium-sized businesses will participate. Handmade goods and souvenirs will be sold. A share of the profits will [...]