The Korea Herald

Outbound S. Korean travelers rise 4.7 pct during 4 months

May 27, 2011

The number of South Korean travelers going overseas rose 4.7 percent in the first four months of the year from a year earlier despite a recent earthquake and tsunami that hit Japan, the top destinati...
Ministry recognizes 33 best travel agencies

May 25, 2011

The Ministry of Culture, Sports and Tourism on Wednesday recognized 33 Korean travel agencies for attracting foreign tourists with quality services. The travel agencies were selected by a jury consi...
Frankfurt discount card launched

May 20, 2011

The German National Tourist Office said it has launched Frankfurt card which offers up to 50 percent discount at some of the shops in the city. The card can be also used as public transportation card...
Gochang offers nature, history and scenic walking routes

May 20, 2011

Gochang meets three main requirements of a good family trip: nature, history and nice walking paths. Especially in May, the barley fields in Hagwon Farm shine with a beautiful yellow-green hue and ca...
Honeymoon with heart on Sumba Island

May 20, 2011

Little-known island in eastern Indonesia is a haven for newly weds Once home to sandalwood trees and tribal headhunters, Sumba Island in Indonesia makes for a spell-binding romantic getaway. The li...
End of the world? How about a party instead?

May 19, 2011

(MCT) RALEIGH, North Carolina (AP) _ For some, it's Judgment Day. For others, it's party time. A loosely organized Christian movement has spread the word around the globe that Jesus Christ will ret...
Naju, where a long history flows with Yeongsan River

May 13, 2011

Naju lies at the center of the 137-kilometer-long Yeongsan River, which has fed the rich rice fields of South Jeolla Province for thousands of years since the Three Kingdoms of Korea. Naju was a city...
Traveler

May 13, 2011

Cathay Pacific Getaway Surprise Cathay Pacific will offer “Getaway Surprise” tickets for flights leaving Incheon or Busan for Chicago or New York from Oct. 1 to Dec. 15, to those who purchase ticket...
A little Italy: You can have fun ... you can take your kids ... and your kids can have fun

May 13, 2011

They say Italy is for lovers. But is Italy for kids? It’s certainly a romantic destination, from its spectacular architecture to its beautiful coastlines to its famously fine wine. It can also be an...
100 years of Indianapolis: Greatest racing spectacle still turns heads, and now the city does too

May 6, 2011

INDIANAPOLIS ― Every year on Memorial Day weekend, a city lives, breathes, then seems to die ― a cycle that comes to a head in about four hours. That’s the approximate time it takes to run the India...
Salina: Simple beauty in Italy’s Aeolian Islands

May 6, 2011

SALINA ISLAND, Italy (AP) ― As I watch the sun set from my terrace on the west coast of Salina, one of Italy’s Aeolian Islands, I marvel again that the stone headrest I am lying against is so inexpli...
Around the hotels

May 6, 2011

Lotte Hotel Seoul The hotel’s buffet restaurant La Seine is offering a “Very Special Culture Package” to 100 guests, on a first-come first-served basis, until May 31. Priced at 300,000 won, the pack...
Spring walks

Apr 29, 2011

Flowers on easy, quiet walking paths in Seoul lead you to spring scents Seoul is one of the busiest and largest cities in the world, with famous tourist spots almost always packed with people and ca...
Joys, challenges of journeys with aging parents

Apr 29, 2011

I was studying Georgia O’Keeffe’s abstractions, seduced by her simple charcoal curves, pink-and-blue flowers and cloud fields, when my cellphone rang. That afternoon in Santa Fe, I had slipped out o...
Georgia rediscovers ancient culinary traditions

Apr 29, 2011

TBILISI (AFP) ― In the kitchen of one of the most fashionable restaurants in Tbilisi, the chef is cooking up hearty peasant food using recipes long forgotten by most of his countrymen. “Nobody cooks...