SEOUL, Feb. 28 (Korea Bizwire) – The Seoul city government said Friday it will formally implement a policy to restrict tourist visits to a special management area of the city’s historic Bukchon Hanok Village, beginning March 1, and start to impose fines on violators. Under the policy meant to address overtourism, tourists are allowed to [...]
SEOUL, Jan. 23 (Korea Bizwire) — The number of visitors to South Korea traveling on cruises nearly tripled in 2024 from a year earlier, driven by post-pandemic travel demand, data showed Thursday. Around 810,000 tourists visited South Korea on cruise ships in 2024, compared with 273,000 a year earlier, according to data compiled by the [...]
JEJU, South Korea, Jan. 10 (Korea Bizwire) — A Chinese tourist has been apprehended for illegally filming Jeju International Airport on the southern Jeju Island, classified as a top-level national security facility, with a drone, police said Friday. The Jeju Provincial Police Agency said it was investigating the Chinese national, whose identity was withheld, on [...]
SEOUL, Dec. 3 (Korea Bizwire) – South Korea’s duty-free sector is grappling with declining performance as foreign tourists increasingly favor road shops and specialty stores, such as health and beauty retailer Olive Young, over traditional duty-free outlets. This trend was highlighted at the “2025 Retail Industry Outlook Seminar” held by the Korea Chamber of Commerce [...]
JEJU, South Korea, Dec. 3 (Korea Bizwire) — A group of Vietnamese tourists who entered South Korea through the southern island of Jeju last month has disappeared, authorities said Tuesday. The 38 people were among a group of some 90 tourists who arrived in Jeju from Nha Trang, Vietnam, on a chartered VietJet Air flight [...]
JEJU, Jul. 30 (Korea Bizwire) – Starting August 1, all buses on Jeju Island will be equipped with a QR code payment system, marking a significant step towards modernizing public transportation and improving convenience for both local residents and international visitors. The Jeju provincial government announced on July 29 that passengers will be able to pay [...]
SEOUL, Jul. 29 (Korea Bizwire) — The number of foreigners visiting South Korea recovered to nearly 96 percent of pre-pandemic levels last month, the state-run tourism promotion agency said Monday. South Korea welcomed about 1.42 million international tourists in June, marking a 47.5 percent increase from a year ago, according to the Korea Tourism Organization. [...]
SEOUL, Jan. 25 (Korea Bizwire) — The Internet is heating up over a petition that was posted on the South Korean government website on January 16 calling on the government to help a young Korean man who fell off the cliffs and was severely injured during a visit to the Grand Canyon in the United [...]
WONJU, Jan. 11 (Korea Bizwire) — A suspension footbridge in Wonju, 130 kilometers east of Seoul, has emerged as a national tourist destination, attracting more than 1.8 million tourists in just one year following its opening. “A total of 1,867,264 people have so far visited the bridge at Mount Sogeum since it opened in January [...]
SEOUL, Oct. 15 (Korea Bizwire) — Airbnb Inc. launched a campaign on Monday to call for a revision to the law to allow South Koreans to share their homes with domestic travelers in the country’s major cities, it said. Under South Korea’s Tourism Promotion Act, residents in urban areas, excluding rural communities defined by law, [...]