SEOUL, April 26 (Korea Bizwire) — The number of monthly visitors to the former presidential office compound of Cheong Wa Dae has been on the rise as the weather warms up, the culture ministry said Wednesday. The compound welcomed about 183,700 visitors, a notable increase from the 105,300 people in January and 154,000 in March. [...]
SEOUL, April 25 (Korea Bizwire) — Daejeon National Cemetery, a sprawling national cemetery spanning approximately 3.22 million square meters, serves as the final resting place for national heroes and other patriots. Originally established in 1955, Seoul National Cemetery, which interred patriots and Korean War dead for over two decades, quickly hit capacity. To address this, [...]
JEJU, Dec. 26 (Korea Bizwire) — An all-time high of 13.59 million South Koreans visited the southern resort island of Jeju this year amid the COVID-19 pandemic, the Jeju Tourism Association said Monday. A total of 13.68 million people from home and abroad visited Jeju between Jan. 1 and Dec. 25, up about 16 percent [...]
YEOSU, Nov. 11 (Korea Bizwire) — Tourists visiting the southwestern port city of Yeosu exceeded 10 million in number for the first time in three years following the onset of the COVID-19 pandemic. 10.3 million people had visited major tourist destinations in the city as of late October, according to the city government. After reaching [...]
SEOUL, Oct. 2 (Korea Bizwire) — The total number of visitors to the former presidential compound of Cheong Wa Dae has topped the 2 million mark, data showed Sunday. The milestone was reached around 10:35 a.m. Sunday, according to the Cultural Heritage Administration (CHA). Cheong Wa Dae had been the presidential office and residence for [...]
SEOUL, July 28 (Korea Bizwire) — Nearly 1.4 million people have visited the former presidential compound of Cheong Wa Dae since it opened to the public on May 10, data showed Thursday. A total of 1,396,859 people, including 5,055 foreigners, visited the complex in central Seoul through Wednesday since its public opening, according to data [...]
BUSAN, July 12 (Korea Bizwire) — Controversy over exaggeration by beaches on the number of visitors they welcome has prompted the government to set up guidelines for counting visitors. The Ministry of Oceans and Fisheries announced Monday that a research project to set up guidelines for counting beach visitors is currently underway, led by the [...]
SEOUL, Sept. 28 (Korea Bizwire) — Frequent shutdowns of public libraries following the coronavirus outbreak led to a drop in the number of visitors last year. The Ministry of Culture, Sports and Tourism and the Korean Library Association reported that an average of 76,431 people visited each public library last year, which was 69.5 percent [...]
SEOUL, April 18 (Korea Bizwire) — The Seoul Botanic Park has attracted more than 10 million visitors since its opening 30 months ago, the city government said Sunday. Located in western Seoul, the park began to accept visitors in October 2018 before formally opening in May 2019. It is the country’s first botanic park built [...]
SEOUL, Nov. 13 (Korea Bizwire) — Some 13,000 people took part in a monthlong festival highlighting Korean royal palaces despite the new coronavirus pandemic, the Cultural Heritage Administration (CHA) said Friday. The royal palace festival, which ran from Oct. 10 to Nov. 8 at four palaces in central Seoul — Gyeongbok, Changdeok, Deoksu and Changgyeong [...]