SEOUL, April 23 (Korea Bizwire) — The upcoming “golden holiday” is bringing hopes of business revival to tourist towns in South Korea, long empty for fear of COVID-19, but it is also putting authorities on high alert over the danger of a new wave of infections. The nation is bracing for a long holiday from [...]
SEOUL, April 17 (Korea Bizwire) — South Korean airlines will not apply fuel surcharges on international routes in May to reflect declining oil prices, industry officials said Friday. The surcharges for one-way tickets on international routes fell to zero this month from 19,200 won (US$15) last month. The zero rate will remain in May for [...]
SEOUL, April 13 (Korea Bizwire) — A government poll showed Monday that the global popularity of South Korea as a tourist destination increased for the sixth consecutive year in 2019, thanks to the promotional effects of the country’s globally loved cultural content sector. According to the 2019 poll on the effect of tourism marketing, released [...]
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 — [...]