SEOUL, Aug. 2 (Korea Bizwire) — Repeated government efforts to prevent cheap, low-quality package tours to South Korea by Chinese tourists are being questioned again as the number of travelers from the neighboring country increases, industry watchers said Thursday. The tally for June from the Korea Tourism Organization showed the volume of Chinese visitors to [...]
SEOUL, Jul. 31 (Korea Bizwire) — South Korea will open a new center in Shanghai later this year to promote medical tourism, in line with efforts to attract more Chinese medical tourists, the health ministry said Tuesday. According to the Ministry of Health and Welfare, the center will open in September and will serve as [...]
SEOUL, Jul. 30 (Korea Bizwire) — South Korean outbound tourists are now able to obtain their international driver’s licenses at Incheon International Airport, west of Seoul, police said Monday. The National Police Agency opened an international driver’s license issuance desk at the departure gate of the airport’s First Terminal on the third floor on the [...]
SEOUL, Jul. 30 (Korea Bizwire) — The number of foreign tourists to N Seoul Tower, one of the most popular tourist spots in the South Korean capital, has been on a steady rise in recent months due apparently to more Chinese visitors, its operator said Monday. Foreign visitors to N Seoul Tower on Mount Nam [...]
SEOUL, Jul. 26 (Korea Bizwire) — More than half of South Koreans traveling abroad take local food, such as instant noodles and condiments, with them, a poll showed Thursday. According to the poll conducted by major online shopping mall Gmarket on 1,119 people, 58 percent of the respondents said they purchased Korean food to supplement [...]
SEOUL, Jul. 24 (Korea Bizwire) — Nearly 4 out of 10 South Koreans have plans to take time off this summer, a poll showed Tuesday. According to the survey of some 5,000 people by the Korea Transport Institute (KOTI), 36.1 percent of the respondents said they are planning some vacation time, up 10.5 percentage points [...]
SEOUL, Jul. 24 (Korea Bizwire) — Sales of outdoor sports products surged this month, apparently as more people purchased goods for leisure-time activities following the introduction of a shorter workweek, industry data showed Tuesday. The new workweek system went into effect earlier this month, requiring both private and public companies with 300 or more employees [...]
SEOUL, Jul. 23 (Korea Bizwire) — A “rain festival” for kids is scheduled to be held at Seoul Plaza this weekend, bringing joy to young children who have been suffering from the scorching heat. The Seoul Metropolitan Government revealed today that it was holding the 3rd Rain Fiesta between July 26 and 28 in central [...]
SEOUL, Jul. 19 (Korea Bizwire) — The staple “chop, chop” dynamic or “ppali ppali” (“hurry” in Korean) culture in modern Korea is hardly an exception when it comes to traveling. Going on a trip somewhere, whether local or abroad, still connotes a rushed schedule of visiting as many places as possible during a weeklong holiday [...]
SEOUL, Jul. 18 (Korea Bizwire) — More foreigners have shown interest in visiting South Korea’s southeastern port city of Busan, industry data showed Wednesday, amid the government’s efforts to pursue balanced regional tourism growth. According to the data from Skyscanner, an online site that compares trip prices, the number of searches for a round-trip ticket [...]