BORYEONG, Jul. 29 (Korea Bizwire) — The annual Boryeong Mud Festival, one of South Korea’s most celebrated summer events, attracted more than 1.8 million visitors despite unfavorable weather during its 10-day run from July 19-28, local officials said Monday. The municipality of Boryeong, a South Chungcheong Province city 190 kilometers south of Seoul, said a [...]
SEOUL, Jul. 26 (Korea Bizwire) — South Korea said Friday it will open the third and last hiking trail along the Demilitarized Zone (DMZ) separating the two Koreas next month. The western section of the DMZ trail in Paju, some 30 kilometers northwest of Seoul, will be available to the public under the DMZ Peace [...]
SEOUL, Jul. 24 (Korea Bizwire) — The number of lodging facilities that welcome companion animals increased from 70 in 2016 to 700 this year, a 10-fold increase over the past three years. WITH Innovation Corp., which operates a reservation application, Yeogi Eottae, analyzed data from accommodation facilities that can be booked in real time. The [...]
SEOUL, Jul. 23 (Korea Bizwire) — South Koreans who prefer spending time at hotels rather than the beach or the mountains for summer vacation have doubled in number since last year. The Korea Transport Institute revealed on Monday that 18.8 percent of the respondents in a survey chose ‘vacation packages at hotels or shopping’ as [...]
SEOUL, Jul. 19 (Korea Bizwire) — The sentiment of boycotting trips to Japan in response to the Japanese government’s retaliatory economic sanctions is growing in South Korea. With the popularity of Japan, the top tourist destination among South Koreans, fading, the possibility of a boost in domestic travel is also being discussed among industry watchers. [...]
SEOUL, Jul. 17 (Korea Bizwire) — The Goseong municipal government on South Korea’s eastern coast said Wednesday it will suspend one of the two tour programs for a trail along the Demilitarized Zone (DMZ) separating the two Koreas for 15 days next month in the eastern coastal town. The walking tour program of the first [...]
SUNCHEON, Jul. 16 (Korea Bizwire) — The city of Suncheon, dubbed South Korea’s ecological capital, said Tuesday it will hold its annual summer-themed event at its iconic park, Suncheon Bay National Garden, from July 19 to Aug. 25. This year’s Summer Water Light Festival will feature a water lighting show, light gardens and a variety [...]
SEOUL, Jul. 15 (Korea Bizwire) — A tour program to North Korea’s scenic Mount Kumgang will kick off later this month, a North Korean propaganda outlet said, as the impoverished country seeks to expand its tourism industry in the face of global sanctions crippling its economy. DPRK Today said in an article on Sunday that [...]
SEOUL, Jul. 12 (Korea Bizwire) — A boycott campaign against Japanese products and services is becoming a nationwide movement. The boycott started after Japan imposed trade restrictions against South Korea. Amid the boycott, a series of statistics show that the number of reservations for trips to Japan has dropped significantly. Hana Tour, the nation’s leading [...]
SEOUL, Jul. 9 (Korea Bizwire) — The state-run tourism agency said Tuesday it will begin group bus tours to a trail along the Demilitarized Zone (DMZ) separating the two Koreas later this month in the eastern coastal town of Goseong. The Korea Tourism Authority will accept applications for group bus tours to the first DMZ [...]