SEOUL, Feb. 3 (Korea Bizwire) — The Korea Airports Corp., a state-run airport operator, has installed two automated bag drop machines in the domestic passenger terminal of Gimhae International Airport in southeastern South Korea, launching a trial service that started on Thursday. The bag drop machines allow passengers to check their baggage by themselves without [...]
SEOUL, Jan. 31 (Korea Bizwire) – Various locations appearing in Korean dramas are becoming popular travel destinations for people around the world. The Korea Tourism Organization recently selected a number of recent K-drama locations as “recommended tourist locations for February.” A neighborhood east of Mount Bukhan has become the site of various dramas. Cafe Sunwoongak, [...]
JINAN, Jan. 27 (Korea Bizwire) — Inverted icicles have formed in pools of freshly drawn water at Tapsa Temple in Mount Mai, located in the southwestern county of Jinan, North Jeolla Province. The mountain’s overall temperature dropped to minus 17 Celsius on Wednesday evening, creating reverse icicles in the pool. Icicles normally point downward. These [...]
SEOUL, Jan. 26 (Korea Bizwire) — The recovery of the market for overseas travel last year was largely led by millennials and Generation Z, a South Korean travel agency said Wednesday. Hana Tour analyzed its international travel booking patterns, sorted by age group, which showed that travelers in their 20s and 30s accounted for 30 [...]
SEOUL, Jan. 19 (Korea Bizwire) — Starting this year, anyone visiting the former presidential office Cheong Wa Dae in central Seoul will have free access to a shuttle bus leaving from Gyeongbok Palace. The Cultural Heritage Administration announced Wednesday that the shuttle bus for Cheong Wa Dae will now be available to all Korean citizens, [...]
JEJU, Jan. 17 (Korea Bizwire) — Fewer people are expected to travel to the southern resort island of Jeju over the Lunar New Year holiday compared to years prior, the Jeju Tourism Organization said Monday. The tourism organization expects that some 188,000 people will travel to Jeju between Jan. 20-24 by air or sea, down [...]
HONGCHEON, Jan. 13 (Korea Bizwire) — Organizers of winter festivals in Gangwon Province, opening for the first time in three years, are concerned over rising temperatures. On Thursday, the Korea Meteorological Administration reported daytime temperatures of 9-12 degrees Celsius in the inner regions, 10-12 degrees in the mountain ranges and 14-17 degrees on the east [...]
SEOUL, Jan. 12 (Korea Bizwire) — South Korea ranks second on the “passport index,” according to a British consultancy specializing in investment migration. Henley & Partners released a Global Mobility Report for the first quarter of 2023, in which Japan ranked first on the passport index. The ranking was based on the International Air Transport [...]
TAEBAEK, Jan. 12 (Korea Bizwire) — The annual snow festival in Taebaek, a mountainous city in Gangwon Province, is back after a three-year absence, opening with a snow sculpture competition for university students. The snow sculpture competition, one of the Taebaeksan Mountain Snow Festival’s main events, will begin with an orientation session on Saturday. A [...]
SEOUL, Jan. 11 (Korea Bizwire) — The Seoul Tourism Organization said Tuesday it will begin a trial of a new service that provides information on the level of congestion at major tourist hotspots in Seoul. The service can be accessed through a PC or mobile device via Visit Seoul, the official website for tourism in [...]