SEOUL, Dec. 24 (Korea Bizwire) — The number of foreign visitor arrivals in South Korea is expected to reach an all-time high of 17.5 million this year, the Ministry of Culture, Sports and Tourism and the Korea Tourism Organization (KTO) said Tuesday. The forecast, if realized, will exceed the previous annual record of 17.24 million [...]
SEOUL, Dec. 23 (Korea Bizwire) — The number of foreign cruise tourists visiting South Korea switched to an upturn this year for the first time in three years, mainly on the back of more arrivals from Japan and Taiwan, industry data showed Monday. Some 249,000 foreigners arrived in the country on cruise ships over the [...]
SEOUL, Dec. 17 (Korea Bizwire) — South Korea’s annual wintertime shopping festival will kick off its 45-day run next month nationwide to attract foreign tourists to the country, a government committee said Tuesday. Next year’s festival, Korea Grand Sale 2020, is scheduled to run from Jan. 16 till Feb. 29. The festival will be a [...]
SEOUL, Dec. 9 (Korea Bizwire) — Short-term foreign visitors will soon be barred from applying for a South Korean driver’s license, as a revision of a relevant local law is imminent, police said Monday. The Road Traffic Act’s revision to allow only registered foreigners to obtain a driver’s license here is awaiting passage during the [...]
SEOUL, Sept. 26 (Korea Bizwire) — The government of Seoul on Thursday announced a plan to crack down on taxi drivers who overcharge foreign tourists in time for the peak autumn tourist season. The crackdown is scheduled for Sept. 30-Oct. 9, a period that coincides with China’s National Day holiday falling on Oct. 1-7, the [...]
SEOUL, Sept. 24 (Korea Bizwire) — The Seoul city government said Tuesday it will host an annual tourist week late this month, offering various discounts, events and festivals to foreign tourists. “The Seoul Welcome Week 2019 will run from Sept. 27-Oct. 6,” Joo Yong-tae, head of the city’s tourist bureau, said. The large-scale event provides [...]
SEOUL, Sept. 23 (Korea Bizwire) — Sales of this year’s state-led annual wintertime shopping festival aimed at attracting foreign tourists to Korea jumped nearly 40 percent to reach the milestone of 1 trillion won (US$839 million), data showed Monday. Sales from the Korea Grand Sale 2019 came to 1.25 trillion won, compared with 900.7 billion [...]
SEOUL, Aug. 22 (Korea Bizwire) — Women and those in their 20s and 30s from China, Japan and Taiwan have caused the number of foreign tourists visiting South Korea to jump twofold over the past decade, a study showed Thursday. Tourist arrivals in the country have increased by 96 percent from 7.82 million in 2009 [...]
JEUNGPYEONG, Aug. 13 (Korea Bizwire) — Located in Jeungpyeong County, North Chungcheong Province, a “paste-ripening village” has become popular among foreign tourists who want to experience South Korea’s traditional culture. According to Jeungpyeong county, the village has seen a large increase in foreign tourists since last year after foreigners who visited the area started to [...]
SEOUL, Jul. 2 (Korea Bizwire) — The Ministry of Justice reported that foreign tourists leaving South Korea will be able to use automatic immigration checkpoints immediately without prior registration starting on July 10. Short-term visitors aged 17 or older who provided facial and fingerprint information when entering the country are eligible to use automatic passport [...]