JEJU, April 11 (Korea Bizwire) — Tourist arrivals on the southern resort island of Jeju climbed 37.4 percent so far this year compared to a year ago amid increased efforts to return to pre-pandemic normalcy, industry data showed Monday. According to the Jeju Tourism Association, 3.45 million visitors arrived on Jeju from Jan. 1 to [...]
SEOUL, Aug. 17 (Korea Bizwire) – Tourist arrivals in South Korea plunged more than 95 percent in the first half of the year due to global travel curbs amid the coronavirus pandemic, data showed Tuesday. The data from the state-run Korea Tourism Organization (KTO) showed 73,000 foreign tourists visited South Korea in the January-June period, [...]
JEJU, May 6 (Korea Bizwire) — The southern island of Jeju recorded this year’s largest number of daily visitors on the Children’s Day holiday, industry officials said Thursday. According to the Jeju Tourism Association, 45,427 people visited the resort island Wednesday, up 139.4 percent from the 19,048 posted a year ago during the early stage [...]
SEOUL, July 6 (Korea Bizwire) — Tourist arrivals in South Korea nose-dived 99.5 percent in May due to global travel restrictions amid the coronavirus pandemic, data showed Monday. The data from the state-run Korea Tourism Organization (KTO) showed a mere 6,111 foreign tourists visited South Korea in May, compared with over 1.23 million a year [...]
SEOUL, Aug. 22 (Korea Bizwire) — Women and those in their 20s and 30s from China, Japan and Taiwan have caused the number of foreign tourists visiting South Korea to jump twofold over the past decade, a study showed Thursday. Tourist arrivals in the country have increased by 96 percent from 7.82 million in 2009 [...]