JEJU, July 18 (Korea Bizwire) — The number of tourists visiting the southern resort island of Jeju attempting to cut costs by taking car ferries and bringing their vehicles to the island is growing amid sharp increases in the price of plane tickets and rental cars. According to the Jeju Tourism Association, the number of [...]
SEOUL, July 15 (Korea Bizwire) — South Korea’s major travel agencies are releasing charter flight package tours primarily for Southeast Asia as part of efforts to better cope with the recent hike in air ticket prices caused by higher oil prices and a weak Korean won. Hana Tour sold specially-priced air tickets to Southeast Asia [...]
SEOUL, July 14 (Korea Bizwire) — South Korea’s travel and airline stocks have dropped to new 52-week lows on Tuesday amid a new wave of COVID-19 infections. Shares in Korean Air Lines drop 2.07 percent to 23,650 won on the main Seoul bourse, while those of Asiana Airlines slipped by 4.41 percent to 14,100 won. [...]
SEOUL, July 13 (Korea Bizwire) — After COVID-19 social distancing rules were lifted, South Korea’s major online travel and accommodation platforms have seen payments break records month after month. Industry tracker WiseApp conducted a survey of Korean consumers over 20 years of age to check the value of payments they had made at online travel [...]
SEOUL, July 12 (Korea Bizwire) — The Seoul city government will launch Seoul Festa, an annual tourist festival, in August to lure back foreign visitors with a high-profile electric car racing competition and a star-studded K-pop concert amid the receding pandemic, officials said Tuesday. Seoul Festa 2022, the first edition of the festival, will kick [...]
SEOUL, July 8 (Korea Bizwire) — The small town of Lajatico in central Italy welcomes people from all over the world every July. Italian opera singer Andrea Bocelli has been holding concerts for 17 years in his hometown. This year’s concert will be held on July 28. The concert will be held at Teatro del [...]
YEONGJONG ISLAND, July 7 (Korea Bizwire) — Incheon International Airport, the main gateway to South Korea, is likely to see a ninefold increase in air travelers in the upcoming peak summer vacation season, compared with last year, airport officials said Thursday. A total of 1.71 million passengers are expected to travel through the airport during [...]
SEOUL, July 7 (Korea Bizwire) — South Korea’s top travel agency, Hana Tour Inc. said Wednesday it will no longer offer programs included in overseas travel packages that may involve animal abuse. Since November of last year, the company has excluded from all travel packages controversial programs like elephant trekking, carriage rides led by a [...]
SEOUL, July 4 (Korea Bizwire) — A fully-refurbished Gwanghwamun Square, a landmark in central Seoul, is expected to open to the public soon, city government officials said Monday. The construction to expand the square and turn part of it into a park is expected to be completed by the end of this month or early [...]
SEOUL, June 30 (Korea Bizwire) — Tours to the inter-Korean truce village of Panmunjom will resume in mid-July after months of suspension caused by COVID-19, Seoul’s unification ministry said Thursday. The tour program to the Joint Security Area in the Demilitarized Zone (DMZ) separating the two Koreas will restart from July 12, the ministry said [...]