SEOUL, Sept. 4 (Korea Bizwire) — South Korea’s finance ministry said Monday it plans to lift visa processing fees for Chinese tourists through the end of this year and increase the number of flights in line with efforts to attract more Chinese visitors. The latest move came three weeks after China’s tourism authorities announced the [...]
JEJU, March 18 (Korea Bizwire) — Potential Chinese tourists to the southern resort island of Jeju have positive views towards the island’s quarantine policy against the coronavirus, a local think tank said Wednesday. The Jeju Research Institute conducted a survey of 754 Chinese nationals who gave high marks to Jeju’s counter-pandemic policy with an average [...]
SEOUL, July 2 (Korea Bizwire) — The number of Chinese tourists to South Korea fell by more than 30 percent in the 2017-2020 period from three years earlier due to a bilateral diplomatic row, data showed Thursday. The monthly average number of Chinese tourists in South Korea reached 380,000 during the three-year period starting in [...]
SEOUL, Feb. 3 (Korea Bizwire) — Major casinos in South Korea have banned the entry of groups of Chinese tourists, in a move to contain the fast-spreading China coronavirus, industry sources said Monday. Paradise, which operates a foreigner-only casino in the country, has not allowed the entry of Chinese tourists since Jan. 27. The company [...]
SEOUL, Jan. 31 (Korea Bizwire) — While most people were wearing facial masks in Myeongdong — one of Seoul’s most popular shopping districts — streets were far from deserted. The one-square-kilometer area was still vibrant, with shops ranging from K-beauty brands to duty-free shops that were crowded with foreign tourists and locals. So far, South [...]
SEOUL, Nov. 11 (Korea Bizwire) — South Korea suffered a some 41 percent tumble in the number of visiting Chinese tourists over the past three years since its decision to deploy an advanced U.S. missile defense system here, a report said Monday. A total of 4.79 million Chinese visited South Korea in 2018, down 40.6 [...]
SEOUL, Sept. 23 (Korea Bizwire) — South Korea’s state-run tourism agency said Monday it has attracted a 3,000-strong incentive travel group from a Chinese healthcare marketing company. The employees of Guangzhou Yanruyu Medical Technology began a five-day trip to Seoul, Incheon and Gangwon Province on the day, according to the Korea Tourism Organization (KTO). The [...]
DAEGU, Mar. 12 (Korea Bizwire) — The city of Daegu is coming up with various tourist programs that combine sports and other special events to attract Chinese tourists. The city said that 350 Chinese tourists will be coming to Daegu to watch the AFC Champions League match between Daegu FC and Guangzhou Evergrande Taobao FC [...]
SEOUL, Dec. 9 (Korea Bizwire) — Chinese group tourists, who helped fuel local retail sector growth in recent years, have yet to make a full comeback despite the easing of restrictions by Beijing, South Korean duty-free store operators said Sunday. The assessment came as official data from the Bank of Korea showed that 475,000 Chinese [...]
SEOUL, Nov. 20 (Korea Bizwire) — Sales at South Korean duty-free stores rose 28.6 percent on-year last month, industry data showed Tuesday, despite a lingering row between Seoul and Beijing over a U.S. missile defense system. Sales of local duty-free operators came to US$1.44 billion in October, according to the data compiled by the Korea [...]