SEOUL, Sept. 13 (Korea Bizwire) – Jangseong County, located in South Jeolla Province, is planning to use grasshoppers to attract tourists. The county announced on September 12 that it was initiating a project to develop grasshopper tourism. Through the project, county officials are hoping to nurture the insect industry and promote insect farming, which is rapidly [...]
SEOUL, Sept. 10 (Korea Bizwire) — Air Seoul Co., a South Korean low-cost carrier, said Monday it has designated one restroom on each of its routes as female-only to meet demand from women travelers. “Our business data shows six out of 10 passengers are women, and the company has responded to requests for women-only toilets [...]
SEOUL, Sept. 6 (Korea Bizwire) — Seoul’s Hangang Park is now an open-air gallery. According to the Seoul Metropolitan Government, 37 works of interactive installation art were introduced to the park’s network in Yeouido and Ichon. Created in line with the overall theme “Han River, stop and flow in art,” the installations embody the meaning [...]
SEJONG, Sept. 3 (Korea Bizwire) — Gallery-goers will be able to visit various art events around the country with a single purchase from now on. The culture ministry announced on Monday that it will release three sorts of multi-biennale pass designed to increase people’s access to various art events around the country. The Unified Biennale [...]
SEOUL, Aug. 29 (Korea Bizwire) — Seoul citizens will have a rare opportunity to enjoy cultural performances and traditional foods from dozens of countries at the city’s largest multicultural festival this weekend, municipal officials said Wednesday. The annual “Seoul Friendship Festival (SFF) 2018″ will take place in the three locations in the capital — Seoul [...]
SEOUL, Aug. 29 (Korea Bizwire) — The Vietnamese city of Da Nang was the most popular summer vacation destination this year, a shift from last year’s preference for Japanese cities, according to an online shopping mall Wednesday. Flight ticket sales from the July-August period showed Da Nang as the top foreign travel location, TMON said, [...]
SEOUL, Aug. 23 (Korea Bizwire) — Due to the unprecedented heat wave that swept the nation this summer, vacationers preferred to travel to cooler venues such as mountains, creeks and indoor holiday destinations. According to the municipality of Boryeong and Taean-gun of South Chungcheong Province, 9.57 million tourists visited Daecheon Beach this summer, down 30 [...]
SEOUL, Aug. 21 (Korea Bizwire) — A recently launched tourism organization said Tuesday it will put efforts to resolve recent conflicts arising from overtourism in Seoul’s popular tourist destinations. The Seoul Tourism Organization set sail in May to lead medium to long-term tourism development of the capital city, it said. “We have been in talks [...]
BUSAN, Aug. 17 (Korea Bizwire) — An old fishing port in Busan has transformed itself in artistic form, surprising visitors and residents alike. On social media websites, Jangrim Port in Busan’s Saha-gu is now being dubbed “Bunezia,” which is a combination of the words “Busan” and “Venezia,” the Italian name for “Venice.” The nickname was [...]
ULSAN, Aug. 14 (Korea Bizwire) — An arboretum near Taehwa River, designated as a “local garden” by the city of Ulsan earlier in the year, is dyed in purple hues after lily turfs came into full bloom in the area. The spectacular scene has been impressing visitors as the blooming flowers create an illusion of [...]