Posts Tagged With: tourism

Japanese Government Offering Free Round Trip Tickets To Japan

» by GI Korea October 14th, 2011 at 8:05 am » Comments (7)

If the Japanese government wanted to give me free round trip tickets to Japan I would happily blog about the visit and sure man other bloggers would as well; so ...more »

Everland & Lotte World Rank Among the World’s Top Tourist Attractions

» by GI Korea September 27th, 2011 at 5:56 pm » Comments (38)

I actually knew that Lotte World and Everland were two of the most visited tourist attractions in the world but it is interesting to see how they are more popular ...more »

North Korea Begins Cruise Ship Tours

» by GI Korea September 15th, 2011 at 5:29 pm » Comments (3)

Via a reader tip comes this article about another tourism project that the North Koreans are trying to start up, the Juche Boat: ABOARD THE MANGYONGBONG, off North Korea — It ...more »

A List of South Korea’s DMZ Tourism Sites

» by GI Korea August 20th, 2011 at 3:00 am » Comments (0)

In recent years the South Korean government has been working hard to turn the DMZ into a tourism area in their efforts to create the impression that tensions between North ...more »

Michelin Releases Guide of Their Top Places To Visit In Korea

» by GI Korea May 17th, 2011 at 7:57 am » Comments (7)

Michelin has recently released a guide that lists what they think are the top tourist attractions in Korea, many of these should be easily recognizable by most Korea watchers: Michelin has ...more »

Exploring Korea’s “Slow Cities”

» by GI Korea November 1st, 2010 at 7:14 pm » Comments (2)

Here is something that the Korean tourism authorities should be promoting instead of the whole "Sea that Cannot Be Named" nonsense: The Slow City movement (or Cittaslow movement) originated in Greve, ...more »

Korean Government Announces New Plan to Attract More Foreign Tourists

» by GI Korea July 15th, 2010 at 5:01 pm » Comments (15)

This is all fine dandy, but I don't see anything here on what sites within Korea the government is going to promote to get this tourist increase and how they ...more »

Hawaiian Airlines to Open Route Between Incheon & Honolulu

» by GI Korea July 1st, 2010 at 10:44 pm » Comments (1)

Here is something positive for Hawaii considering how due to the recession tourism has been slumping for them: Hawaiian Airlines Inc. said Wednesday it is launching service to South Korea ...more »

What Is Korea’s Most Overlooked Location?

» by GI Korea April 19th, 2010 at 2:43 am » Comments (9)

Via Grey Curley's Twitter feed comes his latest CNNGo contribution, which is 25 of Asia's most overlooked destinations. On the list Korea had two locations listed which you can see ...more »

North Korea Threatens Tourists Visiting the DMZ

» by GI Korea March 29th, 2010 at 4:38 pm » Comments (8)

Via One Free Korea comes news that the North Koreans are now making veiled threats against tourists visiting the DMZ: North Korea warned on Monday of unpredictable disaster unless the ...more »