JEJU, Dec. 26 (Korea Bizwire) — An all-time high of 13.59 million South Koreans visited the southern resort island of Jeju this year amid the COVID-19 pandemic, the Jeju Tourism Association said Monday. A total of 13.68 million people from home and abroad visited Jeju between Jan. 1 and Dec. 25, up about 16 percent [...]
SEOUL, Dec. 21 (Korea Bizwire) — A recent study has revealed that widespread adoption of electric vehicles (EVs) on Jeju Island would halve the number of car repair and maintenance workers on the island. According to a report released by the Ministry of Employment and Labor, if EV adoption becomes more widespread in Jeju, the [...]
JEJU, July 19 (Korea Bizwire) — Jeju’s tourism industry is facing a downturn due to concerns about the resurging pandemic, coupled with rising prices, interest rates, and exchange rates. The Jeju Tourism Organization reported that more than 40,000 visitors have been coming to the southern resort island every day since April, after the end of [...]
JEJU, July 18 (Korea Bizwire) — The number of tourists visiting the southern resort island of Jeju attempting to cut costs by taking car ferries and bringing their vehicles to the island is growing amid sharp increases in the price of plane tickets and rental cars. According to the Jeju Tourism Association, the number of [...]
JEJU, Feb. 3 (Korea Bizwire) — Tourist arrivals on the southern resort island of Jeju surged over 30 percent from a year ago during the just-ended Lunar New Year holiday, industry data showed Thursday, amid mounting concern about the spread of the omicron variant. According to the data from Jeju’s tourism association, 203,437 visitors arrived [...]
JEJU, Jan. 31 (Korea Bizwire) — The number of multicultural students on Jeju Island more than doubled over the past five years, the local education authorities said Sunday. According to the Jeju Special Self-Governing Provincial Office of Education, the number of elementary, middle and high school multicultural students in the province more than doubled to [...]
JEJU, June 25 (Korea Bizwire) — The telecom advertisement shows an emergency vehicle rushing a pregnant woman to a hospital, and thanks to a smart transport system, all the traffic lights are green. Such a system is not a dream of the future; it currently exists on the southern resort island of Jeju. Prioritized signal [...]
JEJU, May 31 (Korea Bizwire) – Jeju Island attracted more than 1 million tourists this month alone, industry data showed Monday, as the southern resort island raised its anti-COVID-19 social distancing measures by one notch to Level 2 on the same day to cope with growing local transmissions of the coronavirus. According to the data [...]
JEJU, May 28 (Korea Bizwire) — Jeju Island, South Korea’s most popular holiday destination, will raise its anti-COVID-19 social distancing measures by one notch to Level 2 at the end of this month to cope with growing local transmissions of the coronavirus, the provincial government said Friday. The Level 2 posture, the third highest in [...]
JEJU, April 9 (Korea Bizwire) — The provincial government of Jeju Island, South Korea’s most popular vacation destination, is facing a dilemma as tourists and residents both are showing higher negative perceptions toward Jeju’s tourism boom. In particular, tourists are increasingly dissatisfied with the island’s expensive prices, while Jeju residents are unhappy with the inconvenience [...]