SEOUL, Aug. 20 (Korea Bizwire) — Tourist resorts where visitors can both enjoy travel and relaxation are gaining popularity ahead of the Chuseok (Korean Thanksgiving) holiday. Travel search engine Skyscanner analyzed travelers’ air ticket search data from September 11 to 15 during the holiday season. The results showed that South Korea’s Jeju Island, Thailand’s Bangkok [...]
SEOUL, Aug. 6 (Korea Bizwire) — As demand for trips to Japan, which was once the most popular travel destination among South Koreans, has plummeted with the ongoing boycott against Japan, alternative destinations abroad are enjoying an uptick in popularity. In particular, it is surprising to see the demand for travel to Hong Kong has [...]
SEOUL, Aug. 5 (Korea Bizwire) — An increasing number of tourist exchanges between South Korea and Vietnam are leading airlines to create new routes between the two countries. The Korea Tourism Organization and the Vietnam National Administration of Tourism reported that 2,078,000 South Koreans visited Vietnam over the first half of this year, which was [...]
SEOUL, Aug. 2 (Korea Bizwire) — Many South Koreans are choosing to travel alone, a recent survey has showed. Most preferred travelling within South Korea instead of abroad for solo trips. According to a survey of a total of 993 customers conducted by Gmarket, an online shopping site, over the past two weeks, 80 percent [...]
SEOUL, Jul. 31 (Korea Bizwire) — South Koreans’ Japan-bound travel looks set to slip further as there are no signs of the trade tensions between the two neighbors abating. On July 4, Japan tightened controls on exports of three high-tech materials to South Korea, in apparent retaliation against a series of court rulings here that [...]
SEOUL, Jul. 26 (Korea Bizwire) — Experts are emphasizing the importance of the health risks onboard aircraft as summer vacation is bringing more people to travel by air. Staying onboard an airplane over long hours may lead to dehydration and slower blood circulation. Unlike the conventional belief that airplanes are safe from ultraviolet rays, those [...]
SEOUL, Jul. 12 (Korea Bizwire) — A boycott campaign against Japanese products and services is becoming a nationwide movement. The boycott started after Japan imposed trade restrictions against South Korea. Amid the boycott, a series of statistics show that the number of reservations for trips to Japan has dropped significantly. Hana Tour, the nation’s leading [...]
SEOUL, Jun. 25 (Korea Bizwire) — An increasing number of South Koreans booking their own flights and accommodations online rather than using travel agency package products when they travel abroad. However, there have been a number of complaints regarding the use of global lodging and airline reservation websites. According to the Korea Consumer Agency (KCA) [...]
SEOUL, Jun. 14 (Korea Bizwire) — Thousands of South Koreans asked the government Friday to endorse their travel to Mount Kumgang in North Korea, demanding the resumption of suspend tours to the scenic mountain. According to the Movement for One Korea, a civic group, 6,150 citizens added their names to the applications submitted to the [...]
SEOUL, May 27 (Korea Bizwire) — An increasing number of South Koreans are taking an early vacation in June to avoid the traditional summer vacation week between the final week of July and the first week of August. Hana Tour, a South Korean tourism agency, said that demand for oversea travel has increased among South [...]