SEOUL, Sept. 18 (Korea Bizwire) — South Korea said Friday the number of beachgoers plummeted 60 percent in 2020 from a year earlier, as the country limited the number of visitors to prevent the spread of the new coronavirus. The number of beachgoers this year came to 26.8 million, compared to 67.6 million posted a [...]
SEOUL, July 29 (Korea Bizwire) — The number of South Koreans heading to beaches more than halved over the past two months amid the new coronavirus pandemic, data showed Wednesday, but the figure is poised to rebound in August as more people spend their vacations at home instead of abroad. Some 250 beaches here saw [...]
SEOUL, May 24 (Korea Bizwire) — The number of visitors to South Korea’s national parks decreased 23.1 percent year-on-year last month due to the new coronavirus outbreak, the National Park Service said Saturday. A total of 2.78 million people visited the 22 national parks across the country, down from 3.62 million during the same period [...]
JEJU, May 3 (Korea Bizwire) — A larger-than-projected number of tourists visited South Korea’s southern resort island of Jeju during the so-called golden holiday, keeping health authorities on alert amid the coronavirus pandemic. The number of visitors to Jeju between April 30 and May 2 totaled 138,802, roughly 30 percent more than a 106,905 forecast, [...]
SEOUL, April 6 (Korea Bizwire) — Not a single Chinese national entered nor departed from South Korea last Saturday, the Ministry of Justice said Monday, amid strict entry restrictions imposed by both countries due to the coronavirus outbreak. According to the ministry’s data obtained by Yonhap News Agency, no Chinese, including flight attendants, arrived here [...]
SEOUL, Jan. 6 (Korea Bizwire) — A record high of 13.38 million people visited the four major royal palaces and tombs of the Joseon Dynasty (1392-1910) last year, a government agency said Monday. According to the Royal Palaces and Tombs Center under the Cultural Heritage Administration, the number of visitors to Gyeongbok Palace, Changdeok Palace, [...]
SEOUL, Jul. 29 (Korea Bizwire) — Despite the anti-Japan sentiment prevalent in South Korea following Japan’s recent export restrictions, Japanese residents or visitors in South Korea feel more or less accepted in the country. Many Japanese residents or visitors in South Korea said they have no direct experience of being threatened by anti-Japanese sentiments in [...]
SEOUL, Jul. 8 (Korea Bizwire) — The number of people who visited the four main royal palaces and Jongmyo Shrine in Seoul surpassed the 5 million mark in the first half of the year for the first time in three years, the cultural authorities said Monday. The four palaces from the Joseon Dynasty (1392-1910) are [...]
SEOUL, Jan. 25 (Korea Bizwire) — Foreign tourists have varying tastes when it comes to sightseeing spots in Seoul, depending on their nationality, a research paper showed Friday. Visitors from Asia prefer Myeongdong, one of the capital’s main shopping districts, while European and American tourists are most impressed by royal palaces, according to the paper [...]
SEOUL, Oct. 22 (Korea Bizwire) — Online shopping sites are losing visitors, with the number falling by some 14 percent over the past two years, industry data showed Monday. The data counted 77.97 million people visiting the six major online shopping malls in September, down from 83.86 million in the same month last year. Compared [...]