JEJU, Feb. 3 (Korea Bizwire) — Tourist arrivals on the southern resort island of Jeju surged over 30 percent from a year ago during the just-ended Lunar New Year holiday, industry data showed Thursday, amid mounting concern about the spread of the omicron variant. According to the data from Jeju’s tourism association, 203,437 visitors arrived [...]
SEOUL, Jan. 26 (Korea Bizwire) — The Seoul city government will create a walking deck floating above water on the Han River by the end of next year to offer new attractions, officials said Wednesday. The 192-meter-long deck, comprising a walking trail on the first floor and an observatory deck on the second floor, will [...]
JEJU, Jan. 25 (Korea Bizwire) — More than 200,000 people are expected to travel to Jeju Island during the upcoming Lunar New Year holiday despite growing concerns over the spread of the omicron coronavirus variant, according to travel industry officials Tuesday. According to the Jeju Tourism Association, the number of visitors to the resort island [...]
SEOUL, Jan. 25 (Korea Bizwire) – Gwanghwamun Square in central Seoul will reopen in July after completing over 1 1/2 years of renovation that will more than double the total area, including tripling the space for trees and other plants, the city government said Tuesday. The square, located in front of the royal Gyeongbok Palace [...]
Jeju, Jan. 21 (Korea Bizwire) — llegal transactions of QR codes given out free of charge by Jeju provincial government for making reservations for tourist programs on Mount Halla, the southern island’s iconic volcanic peak, have brought the provincial government to take legal action, only to find out there is nothing it can do at [...]
SEOUL, Jan. 6 (Korea Bizwire) — More than 16,000 people joined a year-end bell-ringing festival hosted by the Seoul city government in the metaverse, the digital arm of the city said Thursday. The Seoul Digital Foundation said an accumulated 16,067 people joined the metaverse festival marking the new year during its eight-day run from Dec. [...]
SEOUL, Jan. 4 (Korea Bizwire) — The number of foreign tourists who visited South Korea last year is expected to have fallen below the 1 million mark due to the prolonged COVID-19 pandemic. The data from the state-run Korea Tourism Organization (KTO) showed 877,000 foreigners visited the country from January to November, down 64.3 percent [...]
SEOUL, Dec. 31 (Korea Bizwire) — Annual year-end bell-ringing ceremonies have been canceled across the nation for the second year in a row amid the prolonged COVID-19 pandemic, officials said Friday. The country’s most popular bell-ringing ceremony, which used to be held on New Year’s Eve at Bosingak Pavilion in central Seoul, has been called [...]
SEOUL, Dec. 2 (Korea Bizwire) — Fears over the omicron coronavirus variant are dashing hopes for the resumption of overseas travel, forcing many to cancel or postpone travel plans, including honeymoons, only a month after the country’s “living with COVID-19″ policy revived expectations for a return to normal. South Korea confirmed five omicron infections a [...]
SEOUL, Nov. 15 (Korea Bizwire) — The first tourists from Singapore since the start of the coronavirus pandemic arrived Monday in South Korea under a bilateral travel bubble agreement. A travel bubble refers to a quarantine-free travel partnership between two or more cities or countries with similar levels of COVID-19 cases. The tourists landed at [...]