SEOUL, Feb. 28 (Korea Bizwire) — Despite the ongoing dispute between South Korea and Japan, the number of Koreans traveling to Japan is increasing, government data showed Monday. When the Japanese government reopened its borders last October, some 123,000 Koreans reportedly visited Japan that month, according to the Korea Tourism Organization. The number gradually climbed [...]
SEOUL, Feb. 27 (Korea Bizwire) — Despite soaring consumer prices and interest rates, South Korean travelers are willing to pay any price to visit relatively underpopulated, attractive travel destinations. Hyecho Adventure Travel, a travel agency specializing in outdoor travel, is excited that it was able to fill two teams of twenty people on a package [...]
SEOUL, Feb. 13 (Korea Bizwire) — Seoul’s Secho District has published a tourist map for young visitors, compiling tourist hotspots on a single page. The Seoripul Street of Musical Instruments is home to some 210 music hotspots including Seoul Arts Center, musical instrument vendors and workshops, and small theaters. The Seoripul Youth Art Center hosts [...]
SEOUL, Feb. 6 (Korea Bizwire) — South Koreans’ negative emotion about Japan has eased and the rate of participation in the boycott of Japan declined, leading to a hike in demand for the Asian neighbor, a survey showed Sunday. According to a survey of 1,000 Korean adults conducted by Embrain Public, the share of those [...]
SEOUL, Feb. 3 (Korea Bizwire) — As international flight routes begin to reopen, demand for golf trips is on the rise. Kyowon Tour Co.’s travel brand Travel Easy reported that last year’s reservation rate for oversea golf trips increased during all four annual quarters. In the second annual quarter, the reservation rate jumped by 47 [...]
SEOUL, Jan. 26 (Korea Bizwire) — The recovery of the market for overseas travel last year was largely led by millennials and Generation Z, a South Korean travel agency said Wednesday. Hana Tour analyzed its international travel booking patterns, sorted by age group, which showed that travelers in their 20s and 30s accounted for 30 [...]
SEOUL, Jan. 10 (Korea Bizwire) — Travel demand over the Lunar New Year holiday season has been concentrated on Southeast Asia and Japan, a South Korean travel agency said Monday. Hana Tour analyzed the list of package tour reservations for Jan. 20-24, which showed that some 15,000 people made flight reservations during that period, an increase of 7,015 percent [...]
SEOUL, Dec. 30 (Korea Bizwire) — Travel demand to Japan has exploded in South Korea amid a weak yen and Japan’s easing of virus restrictions, industry data showed Friday. Japan resumed visa-free entry of international travelers in early October, after two years of strict border control to contain the spread of the coronavirus. The Japanese [...]
SEOUL, Dec. 21 (Korea Bizwire) — Overseas credit card use in November, typically part of the travel off-season, jumped significantly this year, largely due to the quick recovery of interest in foreign travel, data showed Wednesday. Overseas credit card spending at seven card companies reached 1.63 trillion won (US$1.26 billion) in last month, which was [...]
SEOUL, Dec. 8 (Korea Bizwire) — South Korea and Japan have agreed to expand the number of flights on the Gimpo-Haneda route to the pre-pandemic level to meet recovering travel demand amid eased virus curbs, the transport ministry said Wednesday. Korean Air Lines Co. and Asiana Airlines Inc., South Korea’s two biggest carriers, will gradually [...]