SEOUL, May 20 (Korea Bizwire) — The landscape of the tourism industry has changed since the Terminal High Altitude Area Defense (THAAD) missile crisis in 2017 that put a damper on Chinese tourist visits to South Korea. According to the Korea Tourism Organization on Saturday, China still remains at the top of last year’s 15.35 [...]
SEOUL, May 20 (Korea Bizwire) — The second inter-Korean border trail along the Demilitarized Zone (DMZ) that demarcates South and North Korea will be opened to civilian hikers next month, officials said Monday. The central section of the DMZ in Cheorwon of Gangwon Province, about 90 kilometers northeast of Seoul, will be opened for the [...]
SEOUL, May 20 (Korea Bizwire) — A nocturnal stroll under a full moon at Changdeok Palace, the only UNESCO-recognized royal palace of the five from Korea’s last kingdom of Joseon, provides the kind of experience a Joseon king would have savored in the lavish palatial compound. The royal palace, a UNESCO World Heritage site, usually [...]
GWANGJU, May 17 (Korea Bizwire) — On the occasion of the 39th anniversary of the May 18 Democratization Movement, overseas tourists are increasingly interested in “dark tourism” where one can learn lessons from tragic history. According to the city of Gwangju and the Gwangju Convention and Visitors Bureau on Thursday, the city is operating a [...]
SEOUL, May 16 (Korea Bizwire) — The number of South Korean tourists to Vietnam soared more than 24 percent in the first half of this year to exceed the 1 million mark, industry data showed Thursday. A total of 1.11 million South Koreans made trips to the Southeast Asian country in the January-March period, up [...]
SEOUL, May 14 (Korea Bizwire) — The ‘DMZ Peace Trail’, located at the northernmost tip of the east coast of South Korea, is gaining huge attention and popularity. According to the DMZ Peace Trail Information Office on Monday, a significant number of people are requesting access to walk the path of peace in the Goseong [...]
SEOUL, May 13 (Korea Bizwire) — South Korea will revise the travel warning system for conflict-prone regions in Africa and the Middle East, following the kidnapping of a South Korean woman in western Africa, a foreign ministry official said Monday. The decision comes after a middle-aged Korean woman was freed last week after a nearly [...]
SEOUL, May 8 (Korea Bizwire) — Hotels next to shopping complexes are enjoying a huge rise in popularity as more and more people remain reluctant to go outdoors amid high levels of air pollution. Trip.com, an online travel agency, reported on Tuesday that its reservation rate at six hotels next to shopping malls in Seoul [...]
SEOUL, Apr. 30 (Korea Bizwire) — The opening hours of the Bukak mountain trails bordering the backyard of the presidential house Cheong Wa Dae will be broadly extended starting next month, heritage authorities said Tuesday. The entrance to Mount Bukak overlooking central Seoul was previously open from 9:00 a.m. to 6:00 p.m. from March to [...]
SEOUL, Apr. 22 (Korea Bizwire) — This year’s night tours at Gyeongbok Palace, one of the royal palaces in Seoul, will take place in May and June, and ticket booking will begin this week, officials said Monday. Special nighttime viewings of the main royal palace of the Joseon Dynasty (1392-1910) in the first half of [...]