SEOUL, Feb. 9 (Korea Bizwire) – Some 5.2 million cars were expected to hit the road nationwide Friday, the first day of the Lunar New Year holiday, as people head to their hometowns. Among such cars, some 490,000 vehicles were expected to leave the greater Seoul area for provincial regions, while 370,000 cars were forecast [...]
JEJU, Jan. 17 (Korea Bizwire) — Fewer people are expected to travel to the southern resort island of Jeju over the Lunar New Year holiday compared to years prior, the Jeju Tourism Organization said Monday. The tourism organization expects that some 188,000 people will travel to Jeju between Jan. 20-24 by air or sea, down [...]
SEOUL, Jan. 10 (Korea Bizwire) — Travel demand over the Lunar New Year holiday season has been concentrated on Southeast Asia and Japan, a South Korean travel agency said Monday. Hana Tour analyzed the list of package tour reservations for Jan. 20-24, which showed that some 15,000 people made flight reservations during that period, an increase of 7,015 percent [...]
SEOUL, Feb. 8 (Korea Bizwire) — More people spent time traveling the country or going on hotel vacations during the Lunar New Year holiday, adding to the number of guests staying at major hotels in the country. Hotel Shilla Co. saw its average reservation rate rise by close to 30 percent during the Lunar New [...]
SEOUL, Jan. 19 (Korea Bizwire) — Many South Koreans are planning to spend more than half of their Lunar New Year holiday at hotels this year. Accommodation booking app Good Choice analyzed reservation data for hotel stays between Jan. 28 and Feb. 2, which showed that the number of reservations for longer than two days [...]
SEOUL, Feb. 18 (Korea Bizwire) — A growing number of consumers stayed indoors and enjoyed home entertainment over the Lunar New Year holiday. KT Corp., major South Korean telecommunications giant, analyzed the usage patterns of its artificial intelligence (AI) speaker Giga Genie, which showed that the speaker’s usage rose by 37.7 percent during the holidays [...]
SEOUL, Feb. 2 (Korea Bizwire) — South Korean mobile carriers are gearing up for the Lunar New Year holiday when data usage spikes along highways, airports and shopping malls, company officials said Saturday. People travel long distances during the holiday season to visit their hometowns, causing heavy traffic jams. Some travel abroad or make trips [...]
SEOUL, Jan. 10 (Korea Bizwire) — Seoul’s Nowon District announced on Wednesday that it will open up a pet lounge for families who have to leave their pets behind over the Korean Lunar New Year holiday. The pet lounge will be located on the second floor of the Nowon District Office and will open from [...]
SEOUL, Feb. 13 (Korea Bizwire) — Major South Korean tech companies will keep their assembly lines up and running during this week’s Lunar New Year holiday due to rising demand at home and abroad, industry sources said Tuesday. Samsung Electronics, the world’s largest maker of chips said it plans to maintain normal operations at its [...]