SEOUL, July 29 (Korea Bizwire) – Among the Koreans, Chinese and Japanese citizens that travel abroad, it was revealed that Koreans traveled most frequently, Chinese spent the most money and Japanese went to faraway places most often. Visa card reported the results of its ’2015 Visa Survey on Travel Plans’, in which 13,603 people from 25 [...]
SEOUL, Jun. 4 (Korea Bizwire) — Foreigners who had travel plans in Korea are increasingly canceling their reservations. According to the Korea Tourism Organization on June 3, the number of tour program cancelations jumped 180 percent from 2,500 on June 1 to 7,000 on June 2. The number of hotel reservations for July and August [...]
SEOUL, Aug. 23 (Korea Bizwire) – As smartphones are increasingly used to check the weather or view maps on a trip, the rising number of applications for travel information is waiting for being approved for patents. The Korean Intellectual Property Office announced on August 21 that the number of patent applications of travel apps was 49 [...]
SEOUL, May 9 (Korea Bizwire) – The number of foreign tourists from China has been rapidly increasing as entry and departure formalities were simplified for them; however, the number of Japanese tourists has been decreasing due to a weak yen. As the tourist dynamics are changing, understanding the needs of the foreign visitors and making [...]
NEWTON, Mass. , Mar 27, 2014 (Korea Bizwire) – TripAdvisor®, the world’s largest travel site*, today announced the results of the 2014 TripIndex™ Room Service, a cost-comparison of common incidental items and services that many travelers will encounter when staying in a hotel. The study reveals Las Vegas is the priciest U.S. city for in-room amenities [...]
SEOUL, South Korea, Oct 05 (Korea Bizwire) – Hiking on a gigantic glacier hundreds of millions years old, frolicking with seals on the beach, and picnicking like a hobbit. All these sound so otherworldly, but in New Zealand you can do it all with ease and style. The spring has come in this land in [...]