JEJU, Sept. 23 (Korea Bizwire) — The provincial government of Jeju on Wednesday asked anybody with symptoms of a fever to think twice about visiting the southern resort island during the upcoming Chuseok holiday. Announcing a special administrative measure against COVID-19, the Jeju government said it will introduce mandatory coronavirus testing for any visitor with [...]
SEOUL, Sept. 22 (Korea Bizwire) — Under circumstances in which international trips remain halted due to the spread of the COVID-19 pandemic, an extraordinary flight event was held for a group of Taiwanese tourists. The Taipei Office of the Korea Tourism Organization (KTO), together with Taiwanese travel agency Ezfly International Travel Agent Co. and low-cost [...]
JEJU, Aug. 26 (Korea Bizwire) — The coronavirus pandemic is having a significant impact on Jeju Island’s tourism industry. The Jeju City Tour Bus that used to bring groups of tourists to various tourist hotspots on the island saw its number of customers drop by more than 50 percent following the coronavirus outbreak. Luxury hotels, [...]
JEJU, Aug. 20 (Korea Bizwire) — South Koreans are scrambling to move to Jeju Island following the second wave of the coronavirus outbreak. The Statistics Korea’s population mobility data showed that 568 people left Jeju Province in the first quarter this year, which was reversed after 705 people moved to Jeju in the following quarter. [...]
JEJU, Aug. 11 (Korea Bizwire) — The provincial government of Jeju Island, South Korea’s most popular vacation destination, is speeding up various projects to enable drones to deliver parcels and other goods across the island. Last May, a demonstration was held where drones carried protective masks to the nearby Marado, an island eight kilometers off [...]
JEJU, Aug. 5 (Korea Bizwire) — A scientific study by a group of high school students is garnering attention as it identified the secret behind the physical strength of female divers on South Korea’s resort island of Jeju, or “haenyeo,” through a genetic analysis. Three students from Namnyeong High School on Jeju Island revealed on [...]
SEOUL, July 29 (Korea Bizwire) — Goh Dong-wan, a 34-year-old office worker based in Seoul, had a plan to go to Europe for his honeymoon after his wedding on April 11. But the once-in-a-lifetime trip, which he prepared last year, was scrapped as the novel coronavirus pandemic has disrupted overseas flights and prompted European countries [...]
SEOUL, June 22 (Korea Bizwire) — The government of Jeju Island said Monday it will file a compensation suit against a tourist who traveled there earlier this month despite experiencing symptoms of COVID-19 infection. Jeju Gov. Won Hee-ryong announced the plan to take legal action against the unidentified resident of Ansan, southwest of Seoul. The [...]
SEOUL, June 17 (Korea Bizwire) — The southern resort island of Jeju is set to begin a night bus tour this week as part of an effort to revitalize its tourism industry battered by the coronavirus outbreak. The tour bus will run from June 19 to Oct 3, between 6:30 p.m. and 9:20 p.m. once [...]
JEJU, May 29 (Korea Bizwire) — Black corals, a legally protected species living off the coast of Jeju Island, are drastically plunging in population due to sea anemones. Black coral, also known as the red pine tree of the sea, is an endangered species protected by the Cultural Heritage Administration (CHA), Ministry of Environment, and [...]