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Mon, July 24, 2017 | 11:49

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Oktoberfest early bird tickets available

The Grand Hilton Seoul said early bird tickets for its annual Oktoberfest are now available. The festival is scheduled for Sept. 16 at the hotel’s convention center. It is the 11th year for the hotel to host the biggest German festival in town, with 1,000 attendees each year. The early bird sales will be available until Aug. 16, and customers will receive a 20,000 won discoun...

Hotel & Travel | 2017-07-23 17:38

Enjoying Romania's natural beauty, outdoor activities

BUCHAREST -Romania is far from the famous tourist destinations of Europe and is probably only known for Bran Castle, also known as Dracula’s Castle, to Koreans. My idea was to drive around the country to visit my Romanian boyfriend’s family and friends and discover what’s available along the way. During this trip, and I was captivated by the country’s fascinating nature - the...

Hotel & Travel | 2017-07-20 17:47

[My Seoul Story] New skincare superpower exploring Korea's beauty industry

Before coming to Korea I’d heard a lot about its age-old knowledge on ways to preserve health and youth and its notorious beauty industry. In Russia, where I come from, Korean exotic masks with red ginseng, snail slime and seaweed extracts are selling like hotcakes.

Hotel & Travel | 2017-07-20 16:13

Austria's Salzburg to publish tour guidebook in Korean

Austria’s Salzburg, widely known as the birthplace of legendary 18th-century composer Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart, will publish a travel guidebook in Korean. The book, “Salzburg and its getaways,” will be distributed to travel agencies in South Korea.

Hotel & Travel | 2017-07-19 16:10

Everland crowned No.1 tourist attraction for foreigners

According to the Korea Culture and Tourism Institute, 6.96 million people visited the amusement park in Yongin, just south of Seoul, in 2016. It marks the second year in a row that Everland took the top ranking, although the number of visitors was down 6.2 percent. October was the most popular month for the park.

Hotel & Travel | 2017-07-19 11:03

KTO opens office in Kazakhstan

The Korea Tourism Organization (KTO) opened an office in Almaty, the largest metropolis of Kazakhstan, Friday, as part of its efforts to tap into new markets. According to the KTO, the new office will be in charge of promoting Korea’s culture, values and products to the Central Asian country and others in the region such as Uzbekistan, Kyrgyzstan and Turkmenistan.

Hotel & Travel | 2017-07-14 15:59

Time to make a splash: Beaches open nationwide as hot summer sizzles

The beach season has come in South Korea. And hundreds of beaches across the country are embracing beachgoers. Nineteen beaches in the southeastern part of the country will open on Friday. Busan’s Haeundae, one of the most popular beaches here, has been open since June 1, while West Coast beaches have been available since early this month.

Hotel & Travel | 2017-07-13 14:45

How Busan became Korea's movie capital

BUSAN - For many outside Korea, Busan is best known for its international film festival, but what is little known is how it became the country’s movie capital and one of Asia’s hubs for film production. People who want to know about the past and future of Korean movies should visit the Busan Museum of Movies, which opened earlier this month in the birthplace of Korea’s first ...

Hotel & Travel | 2017-07-13 11:17

Jeju wrestles with slumping tourism, retail industries amid China's travel ban

According to the municipality, the number of Chinese tourists who visited the island from June 30 to July 6 was tallied at 9,386, about one-eighth of the 77,824 recorded in the same period last year. During the reported period, the number of other foreign tourists, including Japanese and Southeast Asian tourists, whom the local industry has tried to woo to make up for losses ...

Hotel & Travel | 2017-07-09 14:29

Three Nepalese cyclists on an environmental crusade

Three Nepalese men set out on an environmental crusade Dec. 30, 2016, with a plan to set foot in 100 countries during their five-year journey. With just a bicycle and a backpack each, they arrived in Korea on June 18: their 14th country. What motivated their trip was a 7.8-magnitude earthquake that struck Nepal in April, 2015, killing up to 9,000 people. “It was the most haun...

Hotel & Travel | 2017-07-07 17:11

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