SEOUL, Nov. 9 (Korea Bizwire) — The number of travel agencies in South Korea has declined nearly 6 percent over the past two years in the wake of the coronavirus pandemic, industry data showed Tuesday. There were 21,231 tour agencies in Asia’s fourth-largest economy as of end-September, down 6.1 percent from two years earlier, according [...]
SEOUL, Sept. 8 (Korea Bizwire) — Preference for traveling to less crowded or outdoor destinations has grown this year in South Korea amid the ongoing coronavirus pandemic, a report showed Wednesday. The Korea Culture & Tourism Institute (KCT) compared two surveys — one conducted on 2,061 people from April to May last year and the [...]
SEOUL, May 19 (Korea Bizwire) — South Korea’s six major travel agencies cut some 15 percent of their workforce over the past year as travel demand has taken a massive hit from the COVID-19 pandemic, data showed Wednesday. At the end of March, six listed travel firms had a total of 4,268 employees, down 15.4 [...]
SEOUL, May 7 (Korea Bizwire) — South Korean travel agencies have resumed sales of new overseas travel packages for the first time in more than a year following the COVID-19 pandemic. The move came after the government announced a plan to exempt the 14-day obligatory quarantine requirement for vaccinated travelers entering other countries. Very Good [...]
SEOUL, April 20 (Korea Bizwire) — Exotic foreign sauces are rapidly gaining popularity among South Koreans online. E-commerce grocer Market Kurly reported a 107 percent increase in sauce sales between January 1 and April 15 compared to the same period last year. Rosé sauce, in particular, saw sales jump by 389 percent, largely led by [...]
SEOUL, March 8 (Korea Bizwire) — PetsgoTravel, a local travel agency for pet-owning adventurers, teamed up with regional airline Hi Air Co. to introduce a flight package on Feb. 19 where travelers depart from Gimpo International Airport and tour the skies above Ulleung Island before returning to the airport. Airlines have been coming up with [...]
SEOUL, March 3 (Korea Bizwire) — LG Uplus Corp., a major South Korean telecom operator, reported a 204 percent increase in the average number of viewers each month who watched video content related to travel and healing on its U+VR app last year as the coronavirus spread throughout the country. Viewer numbers for the movie [...]
SEOUL, Feb. 10 (Korea Bizwire) — The coronavirus pandemic put a damper on travel this Lunar New Year, with fewer people flocking to train stations and airports for the annual visit home. Seoul Station, which had been bustling before the pandemic, had relatively few passengers waiting for trains on Wednesday morning, before drawing a bigger [...]
SEOUL, Jan. 26 (Korea Bizwire) — Coronavirus-weary South Koreans are making travel plans for the upcoming Lunar New Year holiday, posing a new challenge in the country’s fight against COVID-19. With the holiday two weeks away, daily coronavirus infections are down to the 300s from a peak of 1,241 on Dec. 25. Health authorities have [...]
SEOUL, Dec. 16 (Korea Bizwire) — Seven out of 10 South Koreans plan to travel abroad after coronavirus vaccines are developed, a survey showed Wednesday. According to Incheon International Airport Corp.’s recent survey, 70.2 percent of South Koreans and 82 percent of foreign nationals said they have overseas travel plans after the development of COVID-19 [...]