SEOUL, Sept. 22 (Korea Bizwire) — The number of visitors to South Korea’s southern resort island of Jeju has topped 10 million so far this year, recovering from a slump caused by the COVID-19 pandemic, data showed Thursday. The number of travelers, including those coming from overseas, to Jeju, one of the most favored travel [...]
SEOUL, Aug. 5 (Korea Bizwire) — South Korea plans to raise the limit of the duty-free allowance for inbound travelers to US$800 per person from the current $600, the finance ministry said Friday. Currently, international arrivals — both Korean nationals and foreigners — can receive tax exemptions for the purchase of items worth up to [...]
SEOUL, July 29 (Korea Bizwire) — South Korean travelers to Southeast Asia prefer staying in pool villas and those traveling to European countries prefer staying at guesthouses, a poll showed Thursday. The operator of ticket booking platform Yeogi Eottae conducted a survey of 469 app users, 30.2 percent of whom preferred to stay in pool [...]
SEOUL, May 9 (Korea Bizwire) — Travel agencies are frustrated over low reservation rates despite soaring demand for foreign travel, and they are blaming their difficulties on what they say are excessive measures to limit the spread of COVID-19 in South Korea. Currently, foreign travel requires a polymerase chain reaction (PCR) test prior to departure, [...]
SEOUL, May 4 (Korea Bizwire) — South Korea will allow visa-free entry through Jeju and Yangyang international airports starting June 1, resuming a visa-waiver program that has been suspended for more than two years due to the pandemic, Interior Minister Jeon Hae-cheol said Wednesday. Since 2002, the country has implemented a visa-free system under which [...]
SEOUL, April 7 (Korea Bizwire) — Swimsuit and beachwear sales are soaring as an increasing number of people are planning to travel overseas after the government lifted its two-week mandatory quarantine policy for all travelers entering the country. Online shopping mall Auction reported a 337-percent increase in female water leggings sales between March 12 and [...]
SEOUL, March 28 (Korea Bizwire) — With quarantine restrictions being lifted for incoming vaccinated travelers to South Korea, more people are gaining interest in books about foreign travel. Kyobo Bookstore reported a 28.5 percent sales increase for books about traveling overseas between February 25 and March 24. The government lifted quarantine restrictions on incoming travelers [...]
YEONGJONGDO, March 21 (Korea Bizwire) — Tourists and airport workers were heartened Monday as the country’s nearly two-year-long mandatory quarantine for international travelers was lifted for fully vaccinated people. Starting Monday, those who completed their vaccination no more than 180 days ago or got a third booster shot will no longer be subject to a [...]
SEOUL, Jan. 4 (Korea Bizwire) — The number of foreign tourists who visited South Korea last year is expected to have fallen below the 1 million mark due to the prolonged COVID-19 pandemic. The data from the state-run Korea Tourism Organization (KTO) showed 877,000 foreigners visited the country from January to November, down 64.3 percent [...]
GANGNEUNG, Dec. 23 (Korea Bizwire) — The city of Gangneung in South Korea’s northeastern province of Gangwon said Wednesday that it will open the ‘Gangneung Pass Travelers Center’ in front of Gangneung Station on Dec. 27 to offer tourism and smart mobility user information to travelers. The center comes as a part of the ‘MaaS: [...]