The Ministry of Culture, Sports and Tourism, and Korea Tourism Organization on Wednesday launched a new public-private consultative group Aalam Arabi Korea with the aim of creating a more enjoyable tourism environment for holidaymakers from the Middle East. Aalam Arabi Korea, meaning “world of Arab in Korea” in Arabic, has been formed to create tourism products for travelers from the Middle East travelers.
The Ministry of Culture, Sports and Tourism, and the Korea Tourism Organization on Wednesday announced March as this year’s Travel Month to promote local tourism with large-scale discounts on public transportation, accommodation and domestic tourism products. Travel Month is a promotion, first launched in June 2023, to meet rising public demand for travel after the lifting of social distancing measures imposed .
President Yoon Suk Yeol on Saturday morning called for tour programs to be offered for participants of the World Scout Jamboree suffering under extreme heat at their campsite in Saemangeum, North Jeolla Province, but no decision has been made on possible itineraries, according to the Culture Ministry on Sunday. Meanwhile, a K-pop show originally scheduled for Sunday evening at the World Scout Jamboree campsite’.
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Visitors from Japan accounted for the largest portion of international visitors to Korea in May, according to statistics released by the Korea Tourism Organization on Thursday. In May, the number of foreign tourists visiting Korea soared to 867,130, a 398.6 percent rise compared to the same period last year, when the figure stood at 173,902. Japan emerged as the top country in terms of tourist arrivals to Korea, with.
Taiwan (China) has reissued Kwan Hung visas, or e-visas, to Vietnamese travelers since November 11. Thailand, South Korea and Japan have also applied open policies on visas and entry procedures for Vietnamese tourists.
March 08, 2021 08:28
The uphill struggle of the tourist industry if and when lockdown ends is brutally illustrated by the latest tourism figures.
The monthly average number of foreign tourists has plunged below 10,000 due to the coronaviris pandemic, reaching just 9,700 in the months of April to December last year, according to the Korea Tourism Organization on Monday.
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That is not even one percent of the roughly 1 million tallied in January last year before the pandemic hit, though even that number is astonishing given stringent quarantine requirements.