SEOUL, Jan. 22 (Korea Bizwire) — Small cities in relatively quiet provinces gained higher attention from local tourists compared to famous tourist attractions due to the COVID-19 pandemic. The Korea Tourism Organization released a report on Thursday that analyzed last year’s trends based on data from BC Card Co., a credit card processing firm. The [...]
SEOUL, Dec. 15 (Korea Bizwire) — The number of overseas tourists visiting South Korea is expected to slump to the lowest level in 32 years amid the new coronavirus pandemic that has practically paralyzed the global tourism sector, data showed Tuesday. The number of foreigners who visited the country in the January-October period reached 2.39 [...]
SEOUL, Oct. 12 (Korea Bizwire) — The government will restrain group visits to autumn foliage hot spots nationwide by temporarily banning large buses from national parks during the upcoming peak foliage season, its coronavirus task force said Monday, as part of efforts to contain the spread of the pandemic. The Central Disaster and Safety Countermeasures [...]
SEOUL, Sept. 7 (Korea Bizwire) — South Korea’s tourism income hit a 17-year low in the second quarter of this year due to the novel coronavirus pandemic, government data showed Monday. For the April-June period, the country posted US$1.19 billion in tourism income, down 78.6 percent from $5.57 billion over the same period last year, [...]
SEOUL, May 26 (Korea Bizewire) — Falling tourist arrivals due to the new coronavirus outbreak is expected to dent the South Korean service industry’s added value and employment this year, a report said Tuesday. Battered by the coronavirus pandemic, the number of foreign tourists to South Korea came to 2.04 million in the first quarter [...]
SEOUL, Jan. 20 (Korea Bizwire) — Seoul Metropolitan Government published on Sunday a “Guide for Safe Travel in Seoul” with important safety tips for tourists. The book, available in four languages (Korean, English, Chinese, and Japanese), includes practical instructions to address various situations that change with the seasons and the surrounding environment of the city. [...]
SEOUL, Jan. 7 (Korea Bizwire) — South Korea’s state-run tourism agency said Tuesday it has attracted a 5,000-strong incentive travel group from a Chinese health food company. The employees of Yi Yong Tang began a six-day trip to tourist attractions in Seoul and Incheon, west of Seoul, on the day, according to the Korea Tourism [...]
SEOUL, Dec. 29 (Korea Bizwire) — More Japanese tourists have visited South Korea than South Koreans have visited the Asian neighbor since August, data showed Sunday, after their countries have been engaged in an unprecedented trade row, sparking a boycott of Japanese goods and services here. The number of Japanese visiting South Korea reached 329,652 [...]
SEOUL, Dec. 24 (Korea Bizwire) — Chinese visitors from Shanghai, Guangdong Province, and economically advanced areas in China coming to South Korea have surged in number. Diplomatic sources argue that travel exchanges between China and South Korea are on the verge of recovery as China is gradually lifting its travel restrictions to South Korea originally [...]
SEOUL, Dec. 23 (Korea Bizwire) — As a trade row between South Korea and Japan has continued for months, their tourist exchanges have taken a steep dive, hammering one of the most lucrative tourist routes in Asia. The number of Korean travelers visiting Japan nose-dived to some 205,000 in November, registering a dramatic fall of [...]