SEOUL, May 30 (Korea Bizwire) — The number of foreign travelers to South Korea surged by sevenfold in April from a year earlier on eased travel restrictions amid efforts to return to pre-pandemic normalcy, data showed Tuesday. A total of 889,000 foreign travelers visited South Korea last month, up nearly 600 percent from the 128,000 [...]
SEOUL, Aug. 1 (Korea Bizwire) – The number of foreign travelers to South Korea in June tripled compared to the previous year, thanks to more lenient quarantine restrictions. The Korea Tourism Organization reported that 227,713 foreigners visited South Korea in June, up by 195.6 percent from the previous year. Sorted by nationality, 55,444 tourists were [...]
SEOUL, Oct. 4 (Korea Bizwire) — The number of international visitors to South Korea plummeted by more than 70 percent during the first half of 2020 due to the COVID-19 pandemic, according to a lawmaker Sunday. The number of inbound foreign travelers during the January-June period reached 2.14 million, marking a 74.7 percent plunge compared [...]
SEOUL, July 30 (Korea Bizwire) — An increasing number of cases where the coronavirus is being imported from overseas has prompted the government to apply stricter management of all incoming travelers subject to a two-week quarantine. Since April, all travelers coming from overseas have been required to self-quarantine for two weeks, regardless of nationality. Incoming [...]