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 [...]
SEOUL, Jan. 10 (Korea Bizwire) — China’s abrupt suspension of short-term visa services for South Koreans has dashed long-term recovery hopes for the country’s travel industry, industry insiders said Tuesday, amid likely cancellations of trips to the neighboring country due to the measure. The Chinese Embassy in Seoul made public the decision in a post [...]
SEOUL, Jan. 10 (Korea Bizwire) — Travel demand over the Lunar New Year holiday season has been concentrated on Southeast Asia and Japan, a South Korean travel agency said Monday. Hana Tour analyzed the list of package tour reservations for Jan. 20-24, which showed that some 15,000 people made flight reservations during that period, an increase of 7,015 percent [...]
INCHEON, Jan. 9 (Korea Bizwire) — A cruise ship from overseas will enter Incheon Port for the first time in three years and five months following the onset of the COVID-19 pandemic, a South Korean port operator said Sunday. The Incheon Port Authority announced that Hapag-Lloyd Cruises’ MS Europa 2 will enter Incheon Port’s Cruise [...]
HWACHEON, Jan. 7 (Korea Bizwire) — A world-renowned annual ice fishing festival kicked off in the Gangwon Province county of Hwacheon on Saturday, after a two-year pause due to COVID-19. The 2023 Hwacheon Sancheoneo Ice Festival will continue for 23 days through Jan. 29 in the remote mountain town close to the inter-Korean border and [...]
HWACHEON Jan. 6 (Korea Bizwire) — A world-renowned ice fishing festival is to kick off in the Gangwon Province county of Hwacheon, northeast of Seoul, on Saturday, after a two-year pause due to COVID-19. The 2023 Hwacheon Sancheoneo Ice Festival will continue for 23 days through Jan. 29 in Hwacheon, a remote mountain town close to [...]
SEOGWIPO, Jan. 2 (Korea Bizwire) — The 24th Seogwipo Winter Sea International Swimming Festival was held on Sunday at Jungmun Saekdal Beach in the city of Seogwipo on Jeju Island. The festival returned after three-year hiatus resulting from the COVID-19 pandemic. Hundreds of residents, tourists and foreigners gathered together on the sandy beach and jumped [...]
HWACHEON, Jan. 2 (Korea Bizwire) — An “indoor square of ice sculptures” opened on Saturday in Hwacheon, Gangwon Province with a week remaining before the opening of the Hwacheon Sancheoneo Ice Festival, one of the most popular winter festivals in South Korea. In January this year, nearly 20,000 fishing holes were pierced through the ice [...]