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Inbound Travelers Upset by 10-day Mandatory Quarantine

SEOUL, Dec. 3 (Korea Bizwire) – Travelers returning home Friday from short-term overseas trips were embarrassed to learn that they must self-isolate at home for 10 days under the government’s emergency quarantine rule announced only two days earlier to stem the spread of the omicron COVID-19 variant. The 10-day mandatory quarantine for all inbound travelers [...]

S. Korea Lags Behind Japan in Luring Tourists in 2015

SEOUL, Jan. 19 (Korea Bizwire) – South Korea’s tourism industry suffered a severe blow from the Middle East Respiratory Syndrome (MERS) outbreak last year, but Japan enjoyed a huge influx of travelers thanks to the cheap yen and easier visas, data showed Tuesday. The number of foreign travelers to South Korea slipped in 2015 for [...]