SEOUL, June 29 (Korea Bizwire) – The Seoul city government will open a new tour bus route that will cover the eastern part of the capital, officials said on Wednesday. Set to launch on Friday, the latest Seoul City Tour Bus will run between Dongdaemun Design Plaza (DDP) in eastern Seoul and Olympic Park in [...]
SEOUL, June 17 (Korea Bizwire) – The Ministry of Culture, Sports and Tourism revealed Friday that it will establish a 4,500km trekking course, passing by the country’s three coasts and the demilitarized zone bordering North Korea, for travelers to hike around the entire country. The route will be three times the length of el Camino [...]
SEOUL, June 13 (Korea Bizwire) – Japan’s Osaka remained the top overseas destination for South Korean summer vacationers for the second consecutive year in 2016, data released by a local tour agency showed Sunday. Osaka was followed by Bangkok, Singapore, Taiwan and Hong Kong in the rankings of popular foreign vacation spots among locals, Seoul-based [...]
SEOUL, June 10 (Korea Bizwire) – South Korea will begin a series of guided tours of the country’s UNESCO-listed world heritage for foreign residents this week, a state-run culture agency said Friday. On Saturday and Sunday the Korean Culture and Information Service (KOCIS) will take U.S. military officials in Korea and their families to the [...]
SEOUL, June 9 (Korea Bizwire) – The Seoul city government said Thursday it has launched a committee to select a food that can represent the city in an effort to diversify tourism resources in the capital. The Seoul Metropolitan Government said a total of 12 experts joined the newly established committee earlier this month. The [...]
SEOUL, June 8 (Korea Bizwire) – As many as 1,000 Chinese tourists will visit South Korea’s capital city this week to experiences first hand Korea’s seasonal customs of “Dano” which falls on Thursday, the Seoul metropolitan government said Wednesday. “Dano” is a major Korean traditional festival which falls on the fifth day of the fifth [...]
SEOUL, June 8 (Korea Bizwire) – According to China’s Hurun Report, a research institute specializing in China’s high net worth individuals, the young rich kids of China named Korea as their third-most memorable travel destination. A total of 525 wealthy Chinese between the ages of 18 and 36 years took part in the survey. Korea [...]
SEOUL, June 7 (Korea Bizwire) – South Korea will tighten regulations on tour operators that lure Chinese travelers with cheap, low-quality packages to screen out substandard agencies and improve the tourism industry’s competitiveness, the government said Tuesday. The Ministry of Culture, Sports and Tourism said it will form a task force with related organizations to [...]
JEJU, June 2 (Korea Bizwire) – The municipality of Jeju, South Korea’s southern-most resort island, will expand its cruise terminals and release a special smartphone application for cruise travelers in an ambitious five-year plan to boost its cruise tour industry, the regional government said Wednesday. Jeju Island seeks to draw a total of 1,000 port entries [...]
JEONJU, South Korea, May 31 (Korea Bizwire) – South Korea’s traditional city of Jeonju has been reauthorized as a slow city by Cittaslow International in recognition of its efforts to preserve traditions and nature, a city official said Tuesday. Notable is that the scope of the certification as a slow city this time has been expanded from [...]