SEOUL, Oct. 20 (Korea Bizwire) — As the Korean Wave continues to attract record numbers of foreign visitors, South Korean retailers are ramping up tailored marketing to meet the growing demand for K-beauty, K-pop, and cultural experiences. According to industry data released on October 19, the number of foreign tourists visiting Korea reached 12.38 million between [...]
SEOUL, July 8 (Korea Bizwire) – In a country where knowing your MBTI personality type is as common as your favorite coffee order, another trend is captivating foreign visitors: personal color analysis. A growing number of tourists in South Korea are making appointments at “personal color studios,” where stylists assess an individual’s skin tone, eye [...]
SEOUL, June 18 (Korea Bizwire) — Foreign visitors to South Korea ranked punctuality as the most satisfying aspect of the country’s railway services, according to a new customer satisfaction survey released by national rail operator KORAIL. The survey, conducted on May 18–19, polled 301 foreign tourists at major transportation hubs including Seoul Station, Busan Station, [...]
SEOUL, July 5 (Korea Bizwire) — The Ministry of Economy and Finance on Tuesday announced plans to promote tourism to foreigners as part of its economic policy for the latter half of the year. As part of the program, 700 round-trip flight tickets will be distributed both online and offline to attract more foreigners to [...]
SEOUL, April 27 (Korea Bizwire) — As social distancing policies have ended in South Korea, the number of foreign tourists visiting the country has been on the rise. And Depending on their nationality, these tourists tend to purchase different products during their stay. The Korea Chamber of Commerce and Industry conducted a survey of 400 [...]
JEJU, April 25 (Korea Bizwire) — The number of foreign tourists visiting Jeju Island has increased significantly as restrictions on overseas travel due to COVID-19 have been lifted. 88,875 foreign tourists visited the island from January to April 23 this year, which is 6.8 times more than the 13,154 tourists who visited during the [...]
SEOUL, Oct. 20 (Korea Bizwire) — South Korean hotels are accommodating more foreigners following the government’s lifting of restrictions on tourists arriving from abroad. At 86 percent, the vast majority of all guests at RYSE, Autograph Collection, located in Hongdae, a popular entertainment district in western Seoul, were foreign tourists in the third quarter of this [...]
SEOUL, Jan. 4 (Korea Bizwire) — The number of foreign tourists who visited South Korea last year is expected to have fallen below the 1 million mark due to the prolonged COVID-19 pandemic. The data from the state-run Korea Tourism Organization (KTO) showed 877,000 foreigners visited the country from January to November, down 64.3 percent [...]
SEOUL, March 8 (Korea Bizwire) — Fewer than 10,000 foreign tourists visited South Korea a month last year after the outbreak of the coronavirus pandemic, official data showed Monday. According to the state-run Korea Tourism Organization (KTO), the average number of foreign travelers here was only 9,722 per month from April to December last year, [...]
SEOUL, July 7 (Korea Bizwire) — Foreign tourists to South Korea stayed shorter and spent less money in 2019 than the previous year, a government survey showed Tuesday. International tourists stayed an average 6.7 days in South Korea last year, down 0.5 from the previous year, according to the survey of 16,000 tourist arrivals taken [...]