SEOUL, Aug. 5 (Korea Bizwire) — Passenger traffic at Incheon International Airport, South Korea’s main gateway, is expected to be significantly lower than forecast during this year’s peak summer vacation season, officials said Friday, apparently due to the recent resurgence of COVID-19. Incheon International Airport Corp. had previously predicted that a daily average of about [...]
SEOUL, Aug. 1 (Korea Bizwire) – So-called “hotel long stays,” in which people stay at hotels for more than six days, are becoming a new trend in South Korea. “Living in Hotel,” an online hotel reservation platform, reported a 247-percent increase in the value of transaction payments related to long-stay reservations made through the website [...]
SEOUL, July 29 (Korea Bizwire) — South Korean travelers to Southeast Asia prefer staying in pool villas and those traveling to European countries prefer staying at guesthouses, a poll showed Thursday. The operator of ticket booking platform Yeogi Eottae conducted a survey of 469 app users, 30.2 percent of whom preferred to stay in pool [...]
SEOUL, July 28 (Korea Bizwire) — The once popular travel packages to Japan following the country’s lifting of entry restrictions are being canceled with the summer vacation season just around the corner. Between July 20 and August 14, approximately 40 percent of all reservations for travel to Hokkaido have been canceled, according to travel agency [...]
SEOUL, July 28 (Korea Bizwire) — Nearly 1.4 million people have visited the former presidential compound of Cheong Wa Dae since it opened to the public on May 10, data showed Thursday. A total of 1,396,859 people, including 5,055 foreigners, visited the complex in central Seoul through Wednesday since its public opening, according to data [...]
PYEONGCHANG, July 26 (Korea Bizwire) — Airbnb said Tuesday it has teamed up with Hybe, the entertainment company behind BTS, to offer fans of the K-pop band a chance to relive moments featured in season two of the “IN THE SOOP BTS” reality show. Airbnb said up to two guests can stay overnight at an [...]
SEOUL, July 24 (Korea Bizwire) — A summer festival spanning the Han River’s riverside parks in Seoul will kick off this week for the first time since the onset of the COVID-19 pandemic, the government of Seoul said Sunday. The summer edition of the 2022 Han River Festival will hit the river’s 11 parks across [...]
SEJONG, July 22 (Korea Bizwire) — Luggage delivery services, which were once available only at Jeju Airport for delivering travelers’ luggage to hotels or other destinations, will now be made available to Jeju-bound tourists nationwide. The Ministry of Land, Infrastructure and Transport and Korea Airports Corp. announced Thursday that they will introduce the luggage delivery [...]
PAJU/SEOUL, July 19 (Korea Bizwire) — About four years ago, the inter-Korean truce village of Panmunjom was brimming with renewed hopes for peace, as a rare summit between the two Koreas took place there, diluting its image of cross-border tension, albeit temporarily. But such hopes appeared to be fading amid COVID-19 and uncertainties in inter-Korean [...]
JEJU, July 19 (Korea Bizwire) — Jeju’s tourism industry is facing a downturn due to concerns about the resurging pandemic, coupled with rising prices, interest rates, and exchange rates. The Jeju Tourism Organization reported that more than 40,000 visitors have been coming to the southern resort island every day since April, after the end of [...]