SEOUL, April 18 (Korea Bizwire) — The Seoul Botanic Park has attracted more than 10 million visitors since its opening 30 months ago, the city government said Sunday. Located in western Seoul, the park began to accept visitors in October 2018 before formally opening in May 2019. It is the country’s first botanic park built [...]
JEJU, April 11 (Korea Bizwire) — A rapid growth in tourist numbers is bringing joy to and causing concern among residents of Jeju, the southern holiday island increasingly favored by locals as an alternative to overseas travel amid the COVID-19 outbreaks. Tourist arrivals on Jeju Island have rapidly recovered to pre-coronavirus levels in recent months [...]
JINDO, April 11 (Korea Bizwire) — A world-famous sea-parting festival hosted annually by the southwestern South Korean island county of Jindo will be held only as an online event this year, officials said Sunday. The 42nd edition of the Jindo Miracle Sea Road Festival, described worldwide as the “Korean version of Moses’ miracle,” will be [...]
JEJU, April 9 (Korea Bizwire) — The provincial government of Jeju Island, South Korea’s most popular vacation destination, is facing a dilemma as tourists and residents both are showing higher negative perceptions toward Jeju’s tourism boom. In particular, tourists are increasingly dissatisfied with the island’s expensive prices, while Jeju residents are unhappy with the inconvenience [...]
SEOUL, April 5 (Korea Bizwire) — Casino operators in South Korea chalked up huge losses in 2020 as the coronavirus pandemic sent the number of visitors plunging, data showed Monday. State-run casino operator Kangwon Land Inc. registered an operating loss of 431.6 billion won (US$382 million) last year, a sharp turnaround from an operating profit [...]
SEOUL, April 1 (Korea Bizwire) — The Seoul metropolitan government said Thursday it will resume operation of its city bus tours later this week. The buses will start running again from Saturday, about a year after the city government suspended the tours in March last year as part of efforts to contain the spread of [...]
SEOUL, March 27 (Korea Bizwire) — A popular nighttime tour of Gyeongbok Palace will kick off next month in a scaled-down manner amid the new coronavirus pandemic, the cultural heritage agency said Saturday. The nocturnal tour of the main royal palace of the Joseon Dynasty (1392-1910) in central Seoul will run from April 1 through [...]
SEOUL, March 27 (Korea Bizwire) — Popular places to see cherry blossoms in Seoul will be mostly off limits to the public this year, as municipal authorities are striving to deter gatherings due to fears of COVID-19 transmissions. Cherry blossoms, one of the most beloved spring flowers in South Korea, are expected to reach peak [...]
SEOUL, March 25 (Korea Bizwire) — Seoul saw its first cherry blossom blooming of this year on Wednesday, the earliest in 99 years, the state weather agency said. The blooming of cherry blossoms began in the capital on the earliest date on record since observation began in 1922, the Korea Meteorological Administration (KMA) said Thursday. [...]
SEOUL, March 24 (Korea Bizwire) — A peace-themed tour program for the central section of the Demilitarized Zone (DMZ) separating the two Koreas will be resumed this week, about one and a half years after its suspension caused by the outbreak of African swine fever (ASF), officials said Wednesday. The county office in Cheorwon, a [...]