SEOUL, April 18 (Korea Bizwire) – The overcharging of foreigners by taxi drivers in the Seoul metropolitan area appears to be tapering off, the municipal government said Tuesday, citing the results of its continued crackdowns. According to the Seoul Metropolitan Government, the average taxi fare paid by foreign visitors for trips from Incheon International Airport, [...]
SEOUL, March 7 (Korea Bizwire) – Incheon International Airport, South Korea’s main gateway, was named the world’s best airport for a record 12th consecutive year in a survey conducted by a trade association of airports, its operator said Tuesday. Incheon airport scored 4.99 points out of a possible 5.00 to rank as the best airport [...]
SEOUL, Feb. 20 (Korea Bizwire) – Incheon International Airport, South Korea’s main gateway, saw its record number of daily passengers renewed this week, airport officials said Monday, with a large number of spring vacation travelers. The number of passengers arriving at and departing from the airport reached 200,868 on Sunday, the highest daily tally since [...]
INCHEON, Jan. 25 (Korea Bizwire) – This year’s Korean Lunar New Year falls on January 28. Although the official holiday begins on Friday for a four-day weekend until Monday next week, Incheon International Airport, South Korea’s main air travel hub, is already booming with departing travelers. The airport expects roughly 416,700 individuals to depart from [...]
SEOUL, Jan. 20 (Korea Bizwire) – Small but fully equipped and furnished rooms will begin accommodating passengers at South Korea’s Incheon International Airport, providing a private and comfortable place to rest at the bustling airport, the transportation ministry said Friday. The new capsule hotel opened Friday with 30 container-size rooms on each side of the [...]
SEOUL, Jan. 3 (Korea Bizwire) – International air cargo shipped to and from South Korea via its Incheon International Airport climbed to a new annual high in 2016, despite a significant drop in the country’s overall imports and exports, the government said Tuesday. The amount of international cargo processed at the Incheon airport, the main [...]
SEOUL, Dec. 20 (Korea Bizwire) – Here’s good news for travelers flying through South Korea. Walkerhill Hotel announced Tuesday that it is opening Korea’s first “capsule hotel” on January 20 at Incheon International Airport – the nation’s hub for air travel. Dubbed “Darak Hyu”, the hotel should be of interest to the airport’s transfer passengers, [...]
SEOUL, Nov. 17 (Korea Bizwire) – Incheon International Airport Corp. (IIAC) kicked off a clothes-sharing service, dubbed “Seinustar,” at the passenger terminal of Incheon International Airport, west of Seoul, on Thursday, an IIAC official there said. The service is designed to rent garments to foreigners visiting South Korea to help them travel easier with lighter [...]
INCHEON, Oct. 12 (Korea Bizwire) – Convenience food, packaged Korean cuisine, is rapidly gaining popularity among foreigners, with an increasing number of travelers purchasing the products at Korean airports before departure. Food and restaurant services company Our Home started offering Korean convenience food at its Food Empire outlets at Incheon International Airport this year. Food [...]
SEOUL, Sept. 19 (Korea Bizwire) – This year’s Chuseok holiday, which began on September 14, has finally ended, and Koreans are returning to their workplaces. The holiday began with tension following a historic 5.8-magnitude earthquake that struck Gyeongju last Monday, and ended with typhoons Meranti and Malakas affecting the peninsula with heavy rain starting on Saturday. [...]