SEOUL, April 7 (Korea Bizwire) — The ever-increasing popularity of Korean dramas has turned the coast city of Gangneung, Gangwon Province into a tourist hotspot. The Jumunjin district in Gangneung, the filming location of the 2016 drama “Guardian: The Lonely and Great God,” also known as “Goblin,” has once again gained popularity as the backdrop [...]
JEJU, Dec. 26 (Korea Bizwire) — An all-time high of 13.59 million South Koreans visited the southern resort island of Jeju this year amid the COVID-19 pandemic, the Jeju Tourism Association said Monday. A total of 13.68 million people from home and abroad visited Jeju between Jan. 1 and Dec. 25, up about 16 percent [...]
SEOUL, Oct. 26 (Korea Bizwire) — Amid an increase in the number of tourists visiting various attractions for viewing the autumn leaves, ticket scalping is thriving at famous forests with admission fees. After buying admission tickets in advance, ticket scalpers are selling them at a higher price to visitors. The number of visitors to Hwadam [...]
SEOUL, Aug. 1 (Korea Bizwire) – The number of foreign travelers to South Korea in June tripled compared to the previous year, thanks to more lenient quarantine restrictions. The Korea Tourism Organization reported that 227,713 foreigners visited South Korea in June, up by 195.6 percent from the previous year. Sorted by nationality, 55,444 tourists were [...]
JEJU, July 18 (Korea Bizwire) — The number of tourists visiting the southern resort island of Jeju attempting to cut costs by taking car ferries and bringing their vehicles to the island is growing amid sharp increases in the price of plane tickets and rental cars. According to the Jeju Tourism Association, the number of [...]
JEJU, April 7 (Korea Bizwire) — Despite an increasing number of tourists returning to South Korea’s southern Jeju Island for tourism, their level of satisfaction continues to go downhill as the pandemic drags on, a survey showed Wednesday. The Jeju Tourism Organization conducted a survey of 500 people each month during last year except for [...]
YEONGJONGDO, March 21 (Korea Bizwire) — Tourists and airport workers were heartened Monday as the country’s nearly two-year-long mandatory quarantine for international travelers was lifted for fully vaccinated people. Starting Monday, those who completed their vaccination no more than 180 days ago or got a third booster shot will no longer be subject to a [...]
JEJU, Feb. 3 (Korea Bizwire) — Tourist arrivals on the southern resort island of Jeju surged over 30 percent from a year ago during the just-ended Lunar New Year holiday, industry data showed Thursday, amid mounting concern about the spread of the omicron variant. According to the data from Jeju’s tourism association, 203,437 visitors arrived [...]
Jeju, Jan. 21 (Korea Bizwire) — llegal transactions of QR codes given out free of charge by Jeju provincial government for making reservations for tourist programs on Mount Halla, the southern island’s iconic volcanic peak, have brought the provincial government to take legal action, only to find out there is nothing it can do at [...]
JEJU, Jan. 10 (Korea Bizwire) — Jeju Island’s Seongsan Ilchulbong (Sunrise) Peak, a UNESCO World Heritage site and the southern resort island’s famous geographical features, was the most visited place on Jeju among tourists traveling by car last year. Big data analysis firm TDI studied big data from driving navigation platform T-map and the Jeju [...]