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Air carriers offer special promotions for popular travel spots

A luxury resort in Cebu of the Philippines / Courtesy of Philippine Department of TourismBy Jun Ji-hyeAir carriers are offering deeply discounted fares to popular destinations for winter vacationers.Jin Air, the budget affiliate of Korean Air, is holding special promotions until Feb. 2 for those who want to enjoy their winter holidays in warm countries.The promotions cover the Incheon-Cebu, Busan-Cebu, Incheon-Macao, Incheon-Okinawa and Busan-Okinawa routes that operate until March 28. Fares for round-trip tickets from Incheon to Cebu start as low as 270,300 won ($232), while the Busan-Cebu route is priced at as low as 245,300 won. Fares for the Incheon-Macao, Incheon-Okinawa and Busan-Okinawa routes start as low as 209,400 won, 130,800 won and 195,800 won, respectively. The budget carrier noted the fares are changeable in accordance with changes in exchange rates, airport tax and fuel surcharges.Those who depart for warm countries from Incheon International Airport can use a “coat room” service at a discounted rate, in which they can leave their winter coats. Details of

Jan 23, 2020

Hotel Lobby

By Jun Ji-hyeInterContinental Seoul COEX introduces special Peking DuckInterContinental 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.Chef Kuo Lihai from China, who used to work at one of the top Peking Duck restaurants in China, presents the most authentic and traditional Peking Duck. With the fatty parts of the meat dissolved away in the cooking process, Peking Duck is light in flavor and delectable. Peking Duck is known to have been frequently enjoyed by Emperor Qianlong of the Qing Dynasty, one of the most renowned gastronomes in the history of China. The food is cooked using a smoking process whereby a whole duck is kept in a brazier for three to four hours, leaving it with tender flesh and crispy skin. Peking Duck can be prepared using either the Quanjude method involving firewood or the Bianyifang method using indirect heat from a closed oven. Asian Live follows the former and adds multiple layers of the chef's unique sauce to the duck. Asian Live's Peking Duck me

Jan 23, 2020
Hotel Lobby

Gov't to run Travel Week programs to boost low-season tourism

Gamcheon Culture Village in Busan's Saha district has become a tourist hot spot, drawing an increasing number of visitors. / Courtesy of Korea Tourism OrganizationBy Jun Ji-hyeThe government will run Travel Week programs in June and November this year in a bid to boost domestic travel during the off-peak season.The Ministry of Culture, Sport and Tourism, and the Korea Tourism Organization (KTO) recently announced that the first period of 2020 Travel Week will kick off on May 30 until June 14, while the second period is slated for Oct. 31 to Nov. 15.The government's Travel Week programs featuring a variety of tourism programs and benefits for tourists began in 2014 with the aim of increasing demand for domestic travel. Previously, the programs were operated in May and October to decentralize travel demand concentrated on the summer peak season.This year, the government set a new goal of promoting domestic travel during the off-peak season, changing the periods to June and November, based on its research that showed June and November were ranked tenth and 12th in terms of time of trave

Jan 23, 2020
Gov't to run Travel Week programs to boost low-season tourism

Seoul asked to improve facilities, traffic system for tourists

Tourists visit Gyeongbok Palace in central Seoul, Jan. 5. / YonhapBy Jun Ji-hyeThe 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.The survey showed that 28 percent of residents of the capital thought the lack of such facilities was the biggest problem impeding the further development of tourism in the city.Among those who complained about insufficient facilities, 33 percent said the lack of trash cans have caused littering in the streets, while 23 percent called for expanding feeding rooms for mothers with infants, and increasing braille tourism brochures for visually impaired tourists.The organization has been carrying out the survey jointly with the Seoul government via Facebook since December, encouraging people to post comments on 854 tourist spots in Seoul. They wrote about the inconvenience they have experienced while touring Seoul, in addition to suggestions. In the survey, 23 percent o

Jan 22, 2020By Jun Ji-hye
Seoul asked to improve facilities, traffic system for tourists

Heavy snowfall hinders search efforts for 4 missing Korean trekkers in Himalayas

Tourists arrive after a rescue operation from Mount Annapurna base camp, at the airport of Pokhara, some 200 km west of Kathmandu, on January 18, 2020. Four South Koreans and three Nepalis are missing and about 200 people have been rescued after an avalanche hit trekkers on Annapurna, one of the highest mountains in the Himalayas, officials said on January 18. (Photo by KRISHNA MANI BARAL / AFP)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 Nepalese authorities try to expand their search efforts. Nepalese rescue workers have rampped up their ground and air searches, but heavy snowfall and the resulting five-meter-deep snow accumulated on the scene were posing major challenges to their search efforts, officials here said. On Sunday, the Nepalese government is se

Jan 19, 2020
Heavy snowfall hinders search efforts for 4 missing Korean trekkers in Himalayas
  • Four Korean trekkers go missing after avalanche hits Annapurna
  • Search for missing Koreans continues in Nepal

Four Korean trekkers go missing after avalanche hits Annapurna

Himalayas' Annapurna trekking route in Nepal / EPAFour 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 four trekkers, along with two local guides in the advance team, lost contact. The five have now been transferred to a safe place, authorities said.Nepalese authorities began land and air search operations, but have yet to find the missing trekkers, according to the ministry, as inclement weather conditions are making the search difficult. The missing trekkers -- two women in their 30s and 50s and two men in their 50s -- are teachers who were staying in Nepal for volunteer work. Officials said they appear to have gone on a weekend trekking trip.The South Chungcheong Province Office of Education said a total of 11 teachers from 10 schools left South Korea on Monda

Jan 18, 2020
Four Korean trekkers go missing after avalanche hits Annapurna
  • Heavy snowfall hinders search efforts for 4 missing Korean trekkers in Himalayas

Korea lowers travel alert level for Hong Kong

A man is let go after being interrogated by a police officer after a protest at Edinburgh Place in Hong Kong, Jan. 12, 2020. ReutersSouth 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 to "restraint" due to increasingly violent confrontation between the two sides."In line with this change, the government asks citizens to take care of their safety while in Hong Kong," the ministry said in a press release. (Yonhap)

Jan 17, 2020
Korea lowers travel alert level for Hong Kong

Thailand, Vietnam, Taiwan compete to attract Korean tourists

By Jun Ji-hyeThailand, 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. Seollal, or the Lunar New Year, is one of the nation's biggest traditional holidays. Its four-day weekend starts Jan. 23. While cities in Thailand, Vietnam and Taiwan have competed to figure in the upper ranks in recent surveys of popular destinations, travel-and-hotel booking site Trip.com said Bangkok came top in its analysis of holidaymakers who bought flight tickets offered by the company.Vietnam's Da Nang and Taiwan's Taipei were second and third. In terms of hotel reservations, Bangkok also ranked first, followed by Taipei and Da Nang. Trip.com noted its analysis showed 50 percent of holidaymakers chose to travel alone during the holiday, attributing this to the rapidly growing number of single-person households.“Forms of families have changed a lot over the years, with the number of single-person households having grown,” a Trip.com official said. “This

Jan 16, 2020
Thailand, Vietnam, Taiwan compete to attract Korean tourists

Hotel Lobby

By Jun Ji-hyeMillennium Hilton Seoul hosts promotions featuring oystersMillennium Hilton Seoul is hosting special promotions featuring oysters at its Italian restaurant Il Ponte and Chinese restaurant Taipan.The special event is available as part of a five-course meal at Il Ponte and seven-course meal at Taipan throughout January, offering visitors a chance to enjoy the delectable mollusks when they are at their freshest.The meal is priced at 120,000 won ($104) per person at Il Ponte and 145,000 won at Taipan. Fresh oysters ― a rich source of protein, vitamins, calcium and other minerals ― have long been one of the most sought-after and highly prized delicacies in the world. Novotel Ambassador Seoul Doksan presents winter vacation packageNovotel Ambassador Seoul Doksan is offering guests a chance to enjoy various indoor activities with its winter vacation package.The package, which will run until Feb. 29, includes a one-night stay and vouchers worth 30,000 won for access to an indoor screen baseball facility, which is three minutes away from the hotel. At the facility, guests can enj

Jan 16, 2020
Hotel Lobby

Luxury hotels lure millennials with strawberries

Walkerhill Hotels & Resorts is offering a strawberry dessert buffet, Very Berry Strawberry, under the concept of an amusement park until April. 26. / Courtesy of Walkerhill Hotels & ResortsBy Jun Ji-hyeAfter celebrating Christmas and New Year's Day with various events and promotions, luxury hotels here are now going all out to win the hearts and minds of visitors with strawberry buffets and strawberry-themed afternoon tea sets.Every January, hotels become a battlefield of strawberries as the peak of the strawberry season occurs in midwinter in Korea. The popularity of photogenic strawberry buffets and afternoon tea sets is growing especially among millennials, the generation born between the early 1980s and the early 2000s, who tend to place a value on “Instagrammable” experiences. Instagrammable is a neologism referring to photos that are worth posting on Instagram to share memorable moments with friends. Hotels' strawberry-themed events that are cheaper than regular dinners and attract young people who tend to pursue “small luxuries” which are expens

Jan 16, 2020
Luxury hotels lure millennials with strawberries
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