Medical Tourism

South Korea invites tourists to its hospitals

SEOUL, South Korea — In this city's Apgujeong district, famous for its high-end boutiques and plastic surgeons, tourist buses unload Chinese and Japanese visitors looking for a nip and tuck as part

Korea

Amid minefields and barbed wire, South Korea hopes for tourism boom

YEONCHEON, South Korea — Hundreds of colourful ribbons bearing messages yearning for peace flutter from a barbed-wire fence at the edge of the heavily fortified buffer zone dividing Korea.

India

Seoul train, Tokyo taxis to invite tourists to India

India has unveiled a major outdoor advertising campaign in Japan, South Korea and other key South East Asian markets to woo more tourists to the country.

First Issue Debuts This Month

Travel + Leisure Magazine to launch seventh international edition in South Korea

NEW YORK, NY (September 4, 2008) - American Express Publishing Corporation president and CEO Ed Kelly announced today the launch of Travel + Leisure in South Korea, the seventh international edition o

Bali Tourism

Best July ever for Bali foreign arrivals

Foreign tourist arrivals for the month of July 2008 hit 183,122 making it the best July ever, improving +11.24 percent over last year's record-breaking performance for July 2007 (164,618).

Philippines

Van crash kills 10 South Korean tourists in Philippines

MANILA - Ten South Korean nationals on vacation tour in northern Philippines were killed on Wednesday when their van crashed onto a concrete wall, local media reported.

Bringing Together More Than 500 Global Representatives From Over 50 Countries

Busan, South Korea, to host First World Tourism Investment Summit October 6-9, 2008

(July 17, 2008, Vancouver, Canada) - The First World Tourism Investment Summit will be hosted by South Korea’s cosmopolitan city of Busan, October 6 - 9, 2008.

Study checks for a welcome mat

Who likes American tourists? South Korea, Canada

Where we travel is not necessarily related to our popularity with the locals, a new study indicates.

ROK

President-elect meets with tourism leaders

President-elect Lee Myung-bak sat down Monday with leaders of the country's tourism industry.
In the meeting he stressed the need to view tourism as part of Korea's culture, adding that the government needs to see the industry in a new light.

South Korea

S.Korea still a major sex tourism destination, US report claims

(eTN) - South Korea remains a major destination in Asia for organized sex tours, the US Congressional Research Service (CRS) has revealed.

Myanmar

Myanmar private airline to stretch wing to South Korea

YANGON (TVLW) - A Myanmar private airline, the Air Bagan, will stretch wing to South Korea's Incheon starting Thursday as its third foreign air route service, according to a report of Wednesday's local Yangon Times.

Air Bagan's introduction of the Incheon flight came more than three months after the inauguration of its second ... read more