SEOUL, Oct. 26 (Korea Bizwire) — South Korean booking platform Yeogi Eottae wants to make global travel as easy as local travel once tourism demand explodes after the pandemic, its CEO said Tuesday. “We plan to apply our affordable pricing policy and user friendly customer experience to international travel so that our customers can travel [...]
SEOUL, Oct. 26 (Korea Bizwire) — The largest-ever annual shopping event in South Korea will take place next week amid the government’s effort to curb high prices and boost private spending, the industry ministry said Wednesday. The Korea Sale Festa, the Korean equivalent of Black Friday, will be held from Nov. 1-15 both online and [...]
SEOUL, Oct. 25 (Korea Bizwire) — The most popular hiking spots among South Korean young adults are Mount Bukhan in northern Seoul and Mount Seorak in the northeastern province of Gangwon, with one out of five enjoying hiking alone, a poll said Monday. According to a recent survey of 650 young adults in their 20s [...]
SEOUL, Oct. 24 (Korea Bizwire) – Seoul Mayor Oh Se-hoon has said he plans to create a national iconic street with green spaces and wider walkways, like the Champs-Elysees of Paris, along a 7-kilometer-long route from Gwanghwamun in central Seoul to the Han River. The mayor announced the city development plan Saturday (French time) in [...]
SEOUL, Oct. 20 (Korea Bizwire) — South Korean hotels are accommodating more foreigners following the government’s lifting of restrictions on tourists arriving from abroad. At 86 percent, the vast majority of all guests at RYSE, Autograph Collection, located in Hongdae, a popular entertainment district in western Seoul, were foreign tourists in the third quarter of this [...]
SEOUL, Oct. 20 (Korea Bizwire) — The Korea Tourism Organization (KTO) said Thursday it has released two tourism promotional videos on its YouTube channel featuring Suga and Jimin of K-pop megaband BTS. The videos promoting tourism to the cities of Busan and Daejeon are part of retro-themed music video series titled “Feel the Rhythm of [...]
SEOUL, Oct. 18 (Korea Bizwire) — Marine sports such as surfing, scuba diving, yachting and others have gained popularity in recent years, data showed Monday. KB Kookmin Card Co., a credit card arm of KB Financial Group Inc., analized the four-year data of credit card sales related to marine sports, which showed a 140 percent [...]
SEOUL, Oct. 12 (Korea Bizwire) — South Koreans are flocking to airlines and tour agencies as the Japanese government once again began to accept the entry of Korean travelers without visas on Tuesday. South Korean budget carrier Jeju Air’s reservation rate for flights between Incheon and Narita jumped to 90 percent in October, spiking from [...]
SEOUL, Oct. 11 (Korea Bizwire) — More than 5,000 South Koreans headed to Japan on Tuesday, on the first day of lifted border restrictions, according to airport officials here. Japan lifted the ban on the number of inbound passengers after nearly two years and seven months, under which visas for stays of up to 90 [...]
SEOUL, Oct. 5 (Korea Bizwire) – The government said Wednesday that it will adopt a reservation system for national parks to prevent the spread of COVID-19 ahead of the peak autumn foliage season. Twenty-seven major trails of the national parks across the country will adopt the timed entry system to prevent overloading of visitors, said [...]