SEOUL, Aug. 8 (Korea Bizwire) — The Seoul city government will push to create a number of sunset-viewing spots along the Han River to enhance the capital’s attractiveness as a tourist city, officials said Monday. The so-called Great Sunset Project calls for building various sunset-viewing infrastructures in the riverside areas of Sangam, Yeouido, Yongsan, Nodeul [...]
SEOUL, Aug. 8 (Korea Bizwire) — A facility where visitors can take a virtual tour of the Demilitarized Zone separating the two Koreas opened its doors to the public Monday. “DMZ Live” was created at the Imjingak Pavillion in Paju, some 30 kilometers north of Seoul, by the Korea Tourism Organization (KTO) and the Paju [...]
SEOUL, Aug. 6 (Korea Bizwire) — Gwanghwamun Square, a major landmark in central Seoul, opened to the public Saturday after nearly two years of renovation. The square, which has been expanded and partially refurbished into a park, opened to the public at 11 a.m., according to the Seoul city government. At a ceremony celebrating the [...]
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 [...]