SEOUL, Jun. 5 (Korea Bizwire) — The Baekdudaegan National Arboretum in Bonghwa County, North Gyeongsang Province, saw a surge in visitors after officially opening to the public on May 3. The park estimates that 38,652 visitors entered the forest park after its opening compared to 14,489 visitors in the same period last year when the [...]
SEOUL, May 30 (Korea Bizwire) — Middle Eastern tourists were the biggest spenders among foreigners who visited South Korea last year, with their average per capita spending reaching US$2,231.70, a local poll showed Wednesday. According to the 2017 International Visitor Survey conducted by the Ministry of Culture, Sports and Tourism, the figure is down from [...]
SEOUL, May 25 (Korea Bizwire) — South Korea’s cosmetics and tourism industries have yet to benefit much from China’s lifting of a ban on group tours to Seoul despite a recent gain in the number of Chinese visitors, sources said Friday. In March last year, China took a set of retaliatory measures against Seoul, including [...]
GOSEONG, May 17 (Korea Bizwire) — More than 1,800 visitors have flocked to Military Observatory 717OP (also known as Mt. Kumgang Observator”) that has opened temporarily in time for the spring. The local government of Goseong County in Gangwon Province announced yesterday that 1,863 guests had visited South Korea’s northernmost military observatory between April 28 [...]
JINDO ISLAND, May 17 (Korea Bizwire) — An annual festival celebrating a phenomenon described as the “Korean version of Moses’ miracle” kicked off its four-day schedule Wednesday on Jindo Island in the south of the country. Around this time of year, the seawater parts to open a 2.8 kilometer, 40-meter-wide pathway between Jindo Island and [...]
BUSAN, May 14 (Korea Bizwire) — A new type of beach mat first appeared at the popular Haeundae Beach in Busan last year. The mats made from old festival banners can be rented at Beachcombing Haeundae in the Haeundae Tourism Facility Center. Hwa Deok-heon, the CEO of Eco Echo Cooperative, started the rental business with [...]
SEOUL, May 14 (Korea Bizwire) — The number of South Koreans planning to travel to Japan during the summer months surged amid a weak Japanese yen and affordable tickets offered by low-cost carriers, industry data showed Monday. According to the data compiled by Hana Tour, South Korea’s No. 1 travel agency, the number of reservations [...]
SEOUL, May 9 (Korea Bizwire) — eSports is making waves as a new front of “Hallyu”, the Korean wave of pop culture, and is being developed to attract international tourists to Seoul. The city government of Seoul revealed yesterday that it will operate a trial “eSports Tour Program” targeting foreign visitors, in efforts to expand [...]
SEOUL, May 9 (Korea Bizwire) — A recent study has revealed that the British think South Korea’s tourism industry has great potential. Although awareness of the South Korean nation by the general public in U.K. is low, younger Brits have a favorable image of South Korea thanks to the nation’s high-tech industries and K-pop. This [...]
SEOUL, May 9 (Korea Bizwire) — An upgraded version of the foreigners-only Seoul tour pass is now available for travelers visiting the city, the Seoul Metropolitan Government said Wednesday. The Discover Seoul Pass comes with a variety of discount benefits or complimentary offers for key tourist hotspots that have newly been added, the city government [...]