SEOUL, Jan. 22 (Korea Bizwire) — South Korea’s travel industry is bracing for fallout from the spread of the Wuhan coronavirus, with China-bound trip cancellations reaching up to 20 percent, industry sources said Wednesday. Leading e-commerce firm Interpark Corp. said reservations for overseas trips in the January-March period were down sharply, with a double-digit drop [...]
HWACHEON, Jan. 21 (Korea Bizwire) — The 2020 Hwacheon Sancheoneo Ice Festival, hit by unseasonably warm weather this winter, reopened to foreign visitors on Tuesday, about one week ahead of its formal opening. The popular festival was originally scheduled to kick off on Jan. 4 on a frozen river in the Gangwon Province county of [...]
SEOUL, Jan. 20 (Korea Bizwire) — Seoul Metropolitan Government published on Sunday a “Guide for Safe Travel in Seoul” with important safety tips for tourists. The book, available in four languages (Korean, English, Chinese, and Japanese), includes practical instructions to address various situations that change with the seasons and the surrounding environment of the city. [...]
INCHEON, Jan. 20 (Korea Bizwire) — Incheon’s new ferry passenger terminal, linking the western South Korean port to 10 Chinese cities, will formally open on June 15, officials said Monday. The Incheon Port Authority has built the New Incheon Port International Passenger Terminal in the city’s Songdo International Business District at a cost of 154.7 [...]
INJE, Jan. 18 (Korea Bizwire) — An annual ice fishing festival kicked off in a northeastern county on Saturday, organizers said. The Inje Icefish Festival opened for a run till Feb. 2 on the vast frozen Soyang Lake in the mountainous county of Inje, 165 kilometers northeast of Seoul. The centerpiece of the festival is [...]
JEJU, Jan. 18 (Korea Bizwire) — Hikers wanting to climb to the top of Mount Halla, South Korea’s highest mountain on Jeju Island, will be required to book a visit in advance, starting next month, Jeju’s provincial government said Saturday. The Jeju government said it plans to enforce a pilot reservation system for hikers and [...]
SEOUL, Jan. 16 (Korea Bizwire) — South Korea’s annual winter shopping festival for foreign tourists kicked off its 45-day run on Thursday. Korea Grand Sale 2020 will run until Feb. 29, offering foreign visitors discounts at some 1,100 retailers and service providers across the country, a record high number. Along major tourist routes across South [...]
INJE, Jan. 15 (Korea Bizwire) — Inje, a mountainous county in the northeastern province of Gangwon, is putting the finishing touches on the 2020 Inje Icefish Festival, set to kick off Saturday for a 10-day run. The annual ice fishing festival dating back to 1998 will take place in Inje, about 165 kilometers northeast of [...]
SEOUL, Jan. 13 (Korea Bizwire) –- About 3,500 young Chinese students will visit South Korea until early next month to enjoy winter field trips, the Korea Tourism Organization (KTO) said Monday. The Chinese students, mostly elementary and middle school students from across China, will travel to Seoul, Incheon, Daegu and other tourist destinations in seven [...]
SEOUL, Jan. 11 (Korea Bizwire) – South Korea plans to launch an electronic travel authorization (ETA) system for foreign visitors next year, following the parliament’s approval of a relevant law early this week, the Ministry of Justice said Saturday. The National Assembly’s plenary session on Thursday passed a revision of the Immigration Law on the [...]