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Tattooing in Korea and Why it’s (sort of) Illegal
It may come as a surprise to anyone who has visited Korea that tattooing is illegal. Especially as many Korean celebrities and young people show off their tattoos everywhere. Furthermore,…
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2021 Moonlight Tour at Changdeokgung Palace Open
“Moonlight Tour at Changdeokgung Palace” that starts on April 29 will offer a scenic evening at the iconic Seoul landmark. The Royal Palaces and Tombs Center of the Cultural…
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Seoul City Tour Bus Services Resume Starting April, 2021
Seoul City Tour Bus resumed operations on April 3 after it temporarily closed in March to prevent the spread of the coronavirus disease.
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2021 Seoulight Spring Opens in DDP
The 2021 Seoulight Spring exhibition will take place from March 26 to April 1 inย Dongdaemun Design Plaza. Seoulight is a media faรงade festival that opened for the first time in December 2019.…
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“2 Days & 1 Night” 1st Anniversary Project, Feel the Rhythm of Korea Incheon Edition
The members of โ2 Days & 1 Nightโ shed blood, sweat and tears to promote Incheon to the world. Finally, the completed Incheon video was released on YouTube. In the KBS 2TV entertainment…
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German weekly commends Korea’s response to COVID-19
A leading German weekly has commended Korea’s response to COVID-19. In its March 10 article titled “How Germany is doing,” Die Zeit compared the effects of Korea’s…
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Busan City Tour Restarts Operations
Busan City Tour began operations on March 3 after it closed to prevent the spread of the coronavirus disease. Busan City Tourโs two main routes, Red Line that travels to Haeundae and Green…
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Spring flowers make grand entrance at all national parks
Though the pandemic has prevented people from freely traveling, signs of spring have arrived at national parks with beautiful mountains and beaches. The Korea National Park Service on March 5…
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Banwoldo Island attracted attention as a trendy tourist destination on CNN and Fox News
Banwoldo Island off the coast of Sinan-gun County in Jeollanam-do Province, nicknamed “Purple Island” for its violet-colored theme, has caught the eyes of global media including…
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Baby Panda “Fu bao”, which grew 80 times faster in 200 days
Visitors to Panda World at the theme park Everland in Yongin, Gyeonggi-do Province, on Jan. 26 were all smiles after seeing a small and precious giant panda cub…
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Korea Grand Sale 2021 to offer discounts of up to 80%
Korea Grand Sale 2021 will be held online from Jan. 14 to Feb. 28 and hosted by the Ministry of Culture, Sports and Tourism and the Visit Korea Committee. This annual extravaganza is one of…
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Dine in at cafes allowed, ban on indoor gyms, karaoke boxes lifted
Coffee shops in the Seoul metropolitan area can have customers dine in again, and indoor gyms and noraebang (karaoke box) can resume operations but on a limited basis. These measures were…
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Korea Tourism Video โFeel the Rhythm of Koreaโ Wins Award
The โFeel the Rhythm of Koreaโ video by KoreaTourismOrganization has won a Tourism Innovation Award in the digital campaign section. Host Tourism Innovation Summit Period November 25-27, 2020…
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VISIT SEOUL Awards 2020, What is the most beloved tourist attractions in Seoul this year?
The Seoul Metropolitan Government and Seoul Tourism Foundation (CEO Lee Jae-Sung) announce which Seoul attractions are most loved, according to their internet traffic data on VisitSeoul.net .…
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Seoul Tourism Foundation wins Seoul City’s Environmental Award for their ‘Zero Waste Challenge’
The Seoul Tourism Foundation (CEO Lee Jae-Sung) has announced that it is the 2020 winner of the Seoul Metropolitan City Environment Award. The award was created as a means of encouraging both…
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Top 3 Tour Themes for Seoul Tourism in the Age of Covid-19: “Digitization”, “Nature”, “Small”
The Seoul Metropolitan Government and Seoul Tourism Foundation (CEO Lee Jae-sung) held a ‘Seoul Tour Theme Contest’ to create and develop Seoul tour packages suited to the Covid-19…
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Seoul Tourism Cooperation Start-Up Demo Day, Held as a Hybrid on the Virtual Seoul Platform
The Seoul Metropolitan Government and the Seoul Tourism Foundation (CEO Lee Jae-Sung) held the Seoul Tourism Cooperation Start-up Demo Day on November 26. On May 26, 2020, 12 start-ups were…
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Self-driving vehicles and cart robots introduced at ICN
Incheon International Airport (ICN) on Oct. 14 became the world’s first airport to use indoor self-driving vehicles and cart robots that carry passenger luggage. Incheon International…
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