SEOUL, April 9 (Korea Bizwire) — South Korea’s tourism industry took a big hit from the novel coronavirus in February due to a reduction in both inbound and outbound tourism, industry data showed Thursday. Asia’s fourth-largest economy registered a tourism deficit of US$365.2 million in February, down from $927.6 million the previous month, according to [...]
JEJU, April 9 (Korea Bizwire) — As South Koreans are essentially banned from travelling overseas due to the coronavirus outbreak, the southern island of Jeju is becoming an increasingly popular honeymoon destination. As more newlyweds are considering spending time on Jeju, local hotels are scrambling to offer wedding packages. The Shilla Jeju’s April sales for [...]
SEOUL, April 8 (Korea Bizwire) — A local county in South Korea removed 1 million tulip flowers from a field on Wednesday after its spring blossom festival was called off due to the coronavirus. The southwestern county of Sinan became the latest in a series of municipalities that have canceled spring events, blocked tourist sites [...]
SEOUL, April 4 (Korea Bizwire) — Streets and villages famous for spring blossom festivals have been blocked or shut down for the coming weeks as part of a nationwide social distancing campaign in the midst of the protracted novel coronavirus outbreak. Yeongdeungpo District in western Seoul has decided to cancel the annual Yeouido Cherry Blossom [...]
SEOUL, March 28 (Korea Bizwire) — A park in southeastern Seoul, famous for its picturesque cherry blossom trees, will close until mid-April as part of precautionary measures to contain the new coronavirus. Seokchon Lake Park in Songpa Ward will close from Saturday to April 12, according to a Facebook post written by ward chief Park [...]
SEOUL, March 25 (Korea Bizwire) – South Korea will open an additional seven trekking routes this year along the Demilitarized Zone (DMZ), the highly militarized land border between the two Koreas, as part of the country’s broader project to facilitate peace in the tension-filled area, the government said Wednesday. Last year, the first three trekking [...]
SEOUL, March 25 (Korea Bizwire) — The daily number of passengers traveling through Incheon International Airport, west of Seoul, fell to an all-time low this week, its operator said Wednesday, amid the worldwide spread of the coronavirus outbreak and relevant travel restrictions imposed by many countries. Incheon International Airport Corp. said only 9,316 passengers — [...]
CHANGWON, March 23 (Korea Bizwire) – The southeastern city of Changwon on Monday barred public access to major cherry blossom-viewing sites to stem the spread of the coronavirus. Late last month the city government canceled its annual Jinhae Gunhangje Festival, one of South Korea’s largest cherry blossom events, scheduled to open this Friday. In a [...]
SEOUL, March 19 (Korea Bizwire) — With the increase in single-person households, traveling alone is becoming a new trend, prompting travel companies to creating new custom packages for single-person households. Then, how do unmarried men and women perceive traveling alone? According to a survey of 345 single men and women conducted by matchmaking agency DUO, [...]
SEOUL, March 5 (Korea Bizwire) — South Korea will conduct pre-boarding temperature checks on all outbound passengers at the country’s main gateway starting next week to prevent the new coronavirus from spreading further, the transport ministry said Thursday. The Incheon International Airport Corp. (IIAC), the operator of the Incheon International Airport, will conduct passenger temperature [...]