[HanCinema's Digest] Travel Bug Bites

Published on 2017/04/16

South Korea's tourism department ups the value of its Smart Tour Card for foreigners, 10 Magazine has 9 suggestions for places to go outside Seoul to relax for the day, Lotte World Tower (the fifth-highest building in the world) is now open, and night tours of Korea's top palaces promise to be a magical evening.

"South Korea Offers Smart Tour Card To Foreigners To Enhance Tourism Industry"

If you're planning on travelling to the Land of the Morning Calm anytime soon, be sure to take advantage of the government's new and improved Korea Tour Card. The card has been available since January (10,000 cards have already been sold), but political tensions with China have resulted in the government adding more value to them. "The revenues that Korea gained from the sale of these smart cards for the foreigners will be used for a program that will likewise give a wide range of tour programs for inbound visitors coming from different cultures".

...READ ON KOREA PORTAL

"9 RELAXING DAY TRIPS TO TAKE OUTSIDE OF SEOUL"

Here's a great post from 10 Magazine highlighting 9 mind-mending day trips you can take if you in and around Seoul. Nnehkai Agbor notes that such mini-adventures help to "re-energize visitors and show South Korea's beauty beyond the lights of Seoul". Seoraksan National Park, for example, offers visitors a spectacular sight surrounded by nature, the Andong Folk Village is a must to experience traditional Korea, and a walk in the "Garden of Morning Calm" sounds just joyful.

...READ ON 10 MAGAZINE

"World's 5th Tallest Building Opens in South Korea"

The new Lotte World Tower is now open for visitors! The 554.5-metre tall structure is the fifth-highest in the world and the tallest among OECD countries. According to the article, "The tower features the world's highest floor made of glass. From this observation area, visitors can look straight down to the busy traffic about one-half kilometer below". If you're in Seoul, or plan to be in the near future, be sure not to miss this new vista.

...READ ON VOA

"Night palace tour offers royal cuisine, music"

Enjoy a tour of Gyeongbok Palace and Changgyeong Palace under the evening sky while listening to traditional Korean music with these night-time temple tours. And to top it all off, the evening ends with a taste of some traditional Korean cuisine. "What would it feel like to walk through a royal palace under the moonlight and taste royal cuisine while listening to traditional Korean music?"-Yes, please!

...READ ON THE KOREA TIMES