SEOUL, Oct. 3 (Korea Bizwire) — Amid the prolonged COVID-19 pandemic, tickets for staying at hotels or resorts are enjoying rising popularity on home shopping channels. The surge in demand for such tickets reflects the increasing demand for the “hocance,” a new Korean word referring to the culture of spending one’s vacation in a hotel. [...]
SEOUL, Sept. 24 (Korea Bizwire) — A promotional video of K-pop superstars BTS introducing the South Korean capital topped 100 million views in the first 10 days of its release, the Seoul city government said Thursday. The video, which launched Sept. 11 on the city’s tourism platform and social media channels, had racked up 104,893,115 views [...]
SEOUL, Sept. 22 (Korea Bizwire) — Under circumstances in which international trips remain halted due to the spread of the COVID-19 pandemic, an extraordinary flight event was held for a group of Taiwanese tourists. The Taipei Office of the Korea Tourism Organization (KTO), together with Taiwanese travel agency Ezfly International Travel Agent Co. and low-cost [...]
SEOUL, Sept. 10 (Korea Bizwire) — A promotional video of K-pop superstars BTS introducing travel spots in the South Korean capital will go live this week, the Seoul city government said Thursday. While the new coronavirus has put a brake on the global tourism industry, the city government said the video was aimed at “continuously [...]
SEOUL, Sept. 8 (Korea Bizwire) — Once regarded as having an attitude towards customers bordering on arrogance, luxury hotels are making a about-face in the midst of the COVID-19 crisis. Luxury hotels have a strong sense of crisis that they may not be able to survive with old-fashioned services that have been in place for [...]
JEJU, Aug. 26 (Korea Bizwire) — The coronavirus pandemic is having a significant impact on Jeju Island’s tourism industry. The Jeju City Tour Bus that used to bring groups of tourists to various tourist hotspots on the island saw its number of customers drop by more than 50 percent following the coronavirus outbreak. Luxury hotels, [...]
SEOUL, Aug. 20 (Korea Bizwire) — South Korea said Thursday it has decided to close down Haeundae Beach and other beaches in the southeastern port city of Busan due to the soaring number of locally transmitted new coronavirus cases. Under the decision, the Busan government will shut down the seven beaches in the city, effective [...]
SEOUL, Aug. 10 (Korea Bizwire) — The number of foreigners who traveled to South Korea slumped 97.5 percent on-year in June, data showed Monday, highlighting the drastic impact the new coronavirus is having on the local tourism sector. The number of foreigners who visited the country came in at 36,943 in June, compared with 1.48 [...]
WANDO, Aug. 5 (Korea Bizwire) — Major summer resorts, including beaches in South Korea’s southern regions where the scorching summer heat has arrived in full force, are busy welcoming tourists as the vacation season begins. Among them is Myeongsasimni Beach in Wando County, South Jeolla Province, which has a 570,000 square meter sandy area. Myeongsasimni [...]
SEOUL, Aug. 1 (Korea Bizwire) — Seoul Grand Park, one of the biggest parks in the Seoul metropolitan area, is set to reopen its indoor zoo this month after it was closed due to the new coronavirus, officials said Saturday. The park’s indoor zoo and botanical garden will run from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. [...]