SEOUL, June 30 (Korea Bizwire) — The South Korean tourism industry has been hit hardest by the outbreak of Middle East Respiratory Syndrome (MERS) over the past month, but the slump may continue into the summer season from mass cancellations for hotels and tour packages, a poll showed Tuesday. The tourism and hotel industries were pummeled [...]
SEOUL, June 3 (Korea Bizwire) — Fears over the Middle East Respiratory Syndrome (MERS) are casting a pall over South Korea’s tourism and retail industries as the respiratory illness does not show signs of a letup, prodding overseas travelers to cancel their trips and locals to abstain from outdoor activities, industry sources said Wednesday. South Korea [...]
SEOUL, March 25 (Korea Bizwire) – Foreign tourists have picked the unfriendly shopping environment and price gouging as the biggest inconveniences of travelling in Korea. In addition, taxi services are still dissatisfying to foreigners in Korea. According to the Tourism Complaints Center run by the Korea Tourism Organization (KTO), there were 888 complaints raised by foreign visitors [...]
SEOUL, March 17 (Korea Bizwire) — Almost one out of two Chinese tourists to South Korea visited the southern resort island of Jeju in 2014 thanks to the accommodative visa policy and expansion of direct flights and cheap cruise packages, the state tourism agency said Tuesday. A total of 6.12 million Chinese traveled to South Korea [...]
SEOUL, March 10 (Korea Bizwire) – Gimbap has been selected as the most popular Korean food by Japanese. According to the Korea Tourism Organization’s survey on the top 10 Korean popular foods in Japan, gimbap ranked first. Some 80,000 SNS users participated in the survey. Gimbap is made of steamed white rice (bap) and various other [...]
SEOUL, Jan. 21 (Korea Bizwire) – In order to boost the number of foreign visitors to Korea and to expand awareness of the 4DX movie experience, the Korea Tourism Organization (KTO) and CJ 4DPLEX will air a new video advertisement on Korea in 4DX theaters around the world. KTO and CJ signed an MoU on January [...]
SEOUL, Dec. 4 (Korea Bizwire) — The Korea Tourism Organization (KTO)(http://www.visitkorea.or.kr/) is currently holding an event to celebrate the launch of its official Korean travel mobile app ‘Visit Korea’. Continuing until December 14, 2014, an iPad Air will be given away every week to a lucky winner who participated in the event. So make sure [...]
SEOUL, Nov. 10 (Korea Bizwire) — Lee Min-ho, a young Korean actor famous overseas as well as at home, is rising high in Asia even before the release of the first film in which he plays a leading role. The upcoming movie “Gangnam 1970″ has already been sold in Asia’s major markets such as Japan, [...]
SEOUL, Sep. 16 (Korea Bizwire) – The Korea National Tourism Organization announced on September 14 that it expected more than 160,000 Chinese travelers would visit Korea during the Chinese National Day from October 1 through 7, which is 35 percent up from 118,000 visitors last year. The number of Chinese tourists to Korea from January [...]
SEOUL, Aug. 18 (Korea Bizwire) – The number of Chinese tourists (“youke” in Chinese) visiting Korea is rapidly on the rise, with their spending increasing by the year. The Korea Institute for Industrial Economics & Trade said in a report “Impact of Chinese Tourists on Industry and Its Policy Implications” published on August 15 that the [...]