SEOUL, Jul. 11 (Korea Bizwire) — One-day tours for foreign tourists organized by the Korea Tourism Organization (KTO) have proven to be popular for international visitors to Korea whose main purpose of visit is for medical treatment. The KTO revealed yesterday that 92 percent of the program’s participants said that they were satisfied with the [...]
SEOUL, Feb. 23 (Korea Bizwire) – The number of Chinese people who visited South Korea last month declined 46 percent on-year, the eleventh straight month of decline following the diplomatic row between the two countries over the deployment of a U.S. anti-missile system here, government data showed Friday. The tally of Chinese visitors came to [...]
SEOUL, Feb. 19 (Korea Bizwire) — South Korean tourism officials are poised to introduce more Muslim-friendly places following criticism over the lack of halal restaurants in the country. The Korea Tourism Organization (KTO) will launch Halal Restaurant Week again on a bigger scale between August and October this year, with a total of 250 halal [...]
SEOUL, Nov. 28 (Korea Bizwire) – The number of inbound visitors to South Korea is expected to decline more than 23 percent in 2017 after a sharp drop in Chinese visitors following the U.S. missile defense system deployment row, the country’s tourism promotion agency said Tuesday. The number of foreigners who visited South Korea from [...]
LOS ANGELES,Nov. 1 (Korea Bizwire) – The Los Angeles office of the Korea Tourism Organization (KTO) will release a comprehensive online guide for the PyeongChang 2018 Winter Olympic Games on Wednesday, containing useful information for those who plan to visit the city. The new guide, which will be released through the KTO’s social media channel tomorrow, [...]
SEOUL, Oct. 18 (Korea Bizwire) – Despite the efforts of South Korean tourism authorities to attract Southeast Asians to fill a void left by Chinese tourists, the number of visitors from the Southeast Asian region dropped between March and August this year, new data has revealed. According to data from the Korea Tourism Organization submitted to [...]
SEOUL, Oct. 10 (Korea Bizwire) – Foreigners on medical tours to South Korea are generally satisfied with the services they receive but feel inconvenienced the most by the language barrier, a survey showed Tuesday. The Korea Tourism Organization canvassed 2,152 medical tourists who visited South Korea last year and found that they gave an average [...]
SEOUL, Sept. 21 (Korea Bizwire) – With the 10 day-long Chuseok holiday fast approaching, the South Korean tourism industry finds itself at a critical turning point, with millions of South Koreans deciding between traveling around the country and going abroad. This year’s much anticipated Chuseok holiday, South Korea’s Thanksgiving celebration, is one of the longest in [...]
SEOUL, Sept. 20 (Korea Bizwire) — The Korea Tourism Organization (KTO) is set to hold a number of festivals in an all-out effort to boost the country’s tourism industry, which has been hit hard by Beijing’s economic retaliation over South Korea’s deployment of a politically-charged THAAD missile defense system. At a press conference held on Tuesday, [...]
BANGKOK, Sept. 11 (Korea Bizwire) — The Korea Tourism Organization held 2017 Love Korea Weekend over the weekend in Bangkok, known as the capital of the Korean pop culture fan base in Southeast Asia. The event, which was devised to promote tourism in South Korea, saw over 150 local female Korean culture enthusiasts perform a flash [...]