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Wed, January 29, 2020 | 19:58
Culture minister vows to nurture high-tech tourism startups
Culture minister vows to nurture high-tech tourism startups
Minister of Culture, Sports and Tourism Park Yang-woo highlighted the need to apply fifth-generation (5G) networks and other Fourth Industrial Revolution technologies to the tourism industry, vowing to support tourism ventures with creative ideas, Wednesday.
2020-01-29 17:21
Seoul issues safety guidebook for tourists
Seoul issues safety guidebook for tourists
The Seoul city government has issued a guidebook containing safety tips for international tourists visiting the capital. The booklet, "Guide for Safe Travel in Seoul," is available in Korean, English, Chinese and Japanese. It is distributed free at Incheon International Airport, west of Seoul, and at major tourist information centers.
2020-01-26 16:50
Gov't to run Travel Week programs to boost low-season tourism
Gov't to run Travel Week programs to boost low-season tourism
The government will run Travel Week programs in June and November this year in a bid to boost domestic travel during the off-peak season.
2020-01-23 10:45
Hotel Lobby
Hotel Lobby
InterContinental Seoul COEX introduces a special Peking Duck dish prepared in the traditional Beijing style in its Asian Live restaurant located on the second floor of the hotel.
2020-01-23 10:45
Air carriers offer special promotions for popular travel spots
Air carriers offer special promotions for popular travel spots
Air carriers are offering deeply discounted fares to popular destinations for winter vacationers.
2020-01-23 10:45
Seoul asked to improve facilities, traffic system for tourists
Seoul asked to improve facilities, traffic system for tourists
The Seoul Metropolitan Government should expand facilities such as public trash cans and feeding rooms for mothers with infants to provide more convenience for tourists, according to a survey released Wednesday by the Seoul Tourism Organization.
2020-01-22 19:19
Heavy snowfall hinders search efforts for 4 missing Korean trekkers in Himalayas
Heavy snowfall hinders search efforts for 4 missing Korean trekkers in Himalayas
Heavy snowfall is delaying Nepalese rescue workers' efforts to save four South Korean school teachers who went missing while trekking a circuit route of Annapurna in the Himalayas, officials here said Sunday. The four South Koreans who went missing in an avalanche during a Annapurna Base Camp trek Friday morning remained unaccounted for as of Sunday even as South Korean and
2020-01-19 14:28
  • Search for missing Koreans continues in Nepal
  • Four Korean trekkers go missing after avalanche hits Annapurna
Four Korean trekkers go missing after avalanche hits Annapurna
Four Korean trekkers go missing after avalanche hits Annapurna
Four South Korean trekkers have gone missing after an avalanche hit the circuit trekking route of Annapurna in Nepal, Seoul's foreign ministry said Saturday. The incident took place at an altitude of 3,230 meters around 10:30 and 11:00 a.m. (local time) on Friday, according to the ministry. Five other South Korean members of the crew took shelter at a nearly lodge after the f...
2020-01-18 11:33
  • Heavy snowfall hinders search efforts for 4 missing Korean trekkers in Himalayas
Korea lowers travel alert level for Hong Kong
Korea lowers travel alert level for Hong Kong
South Korea on Friday lowered its travel alert level for Hong Kong, the foreign ministry said, amid signs of stability in the semi-autonomous Chinese territory plagued by clashes between pro-democracy protesters and police. The ministry downgraded the alert level to "caution," the lowest of the four-tier warning system. In November last year, it raised the level by one notch ...
2020-01-17 16:00
Thailand, Vietnam, Taiwan compete to attract Korean tourists
Thailand, Vietnam, Taiwan compete to attract Korean tourists
Thailand, Vietnam and Taiwan have been in heated competition to attract more Korean tourists during the Lunar New Year holiday amid lower travel demand for Japan, industry officials said Thursday.
2020-01-16 17:37
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