SEOUL, Apr. 23 (Korea Bizwire) — The number of foreigners who visited South Korea rose 10.7 percent on-year in March, ending 12 straight months of decline, data showed Monday, as the government pushes to diversify the country’s tourist portfolio in the face of a plunge in the number of Chinese visitors. The total number of [...]
HWACHEON, Jan. 16 (Korea Bizwire) — The ongoing 2018 Hwacheon Sancheoneo Ice Festival attracted a record number of visitors over the weekend, reconfirming its status as a global winter festival, the organizer said Monday. On Saturday, 217,764 people visited the annual festival that runs from Jan. 6-28. The figure is a daily high in the [...]
SEOUL, Aug. 27 (Korea Bizwire) — The number of visitors to the overpass-turned-park Seoullo 7017 surpassed the 3 million mark as of Sunday as the site celebrated its 100th day since its opening, the Seoul city government said. The number of users reached 3.61 million on Aug. 23, since the public park converted from an [...]
SEOUL, Feb. 10 (Korea Bizwire) – A record number of people traveled through Incheon International Airport, South Korea’s main gateway, over the Lunar New Year’s holiday that ends Wednesday, the airport said. This year, the holiday lasted five days, including the weekend, prompting a large number of people to travel at home and abroad. Between [...]