JEJU, Feb. 22 (Korea Bizwire) — Cruise ships are set to visit South Korea’s resort island of Jeju for the first time since the onset of the pandemic. The Jeju Provincial government reported that 29,000-ton MS Amadea will be entering Jeju Port on March 16. The cruise ship will set sail from Niigata carrying 300 passengers [...]
INCHEON, Oct. 4 (Korea Bizwire) — Incheon Port Authority, a South Korean port operator, said Monday it will lift its entry ban on international cruise ships starting in March next year, more than two years after a ban on cruise ships’ entry. The South Korean government imposed an entry ban on luxury liners in February [...]
SEOUL/BUSAN, Feb. 10 (Korea Bizwire) — South Korea will impose a temporary entry ban on international cruise ships to help contain the spread of the new coronavirus, government officials said Monday. The announcement came amid growing concerns about luxury liners’ vulnerability to the highly contagious virus as passengers and crew spend days or weeks together [...]
SEOUL, May 3 (Korea Bizwire) — Most international tourists who visit South Korea via foreign cruise ships want to experience venues of tradition and history on their next visit to the country. This is according to a survey carried out by the Korean Tourism Organization targeting over 2,000 foreign tourists and 300 crew members who [...]
JEJU, July 5 (Korea Bizwire) – Jeju Island is expected to see more than 1.5 million cruise visitors next year, in line with the scheduled opening of a civilian-military tourist harbor in the island’s southern city of Seogwipo. The Jeju Provincial Government announced on Monday, July 4, that a total of 26 cruise ships will enter [...]
SEOUL, Korea, Jan 23 (Korea Bizwire) – The number of visitors to Korea through cruise boats is steadily on the rise. According to a survey by the Ministry of Culture, Sports, and Tourism and the Korea Tourism Organization, the total number of foreign tourists coming to Korea via cruise ships in 2013 was over 700,000, up [...]