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Korea vows full support for its resort island's bid for 'New7Wonders of Nature'

Mar 19, 2011

JEJU ISLAND (Yonhap) -- South Korea promised Friday its full support to help its southern resort island win global recognition as an awe-inspiring natural site. Jeju Island has been vying against 27...
Explore beautiful stretch of desert on trip to L.A.

Mar 18, 2011

Every Friday, Los Angelenos make a mass exodus to Las Vegas, traveling through the desert on an easy 400-kilometer drive up Interstate 15. Come Sunday, the caravan reverses, and they head home from a...
Around the hotels

Mar 18, 2011

The Ritz-Carlton, Seoul The hotel offers a special honeymoon package. The package includes a night stay at a Superior Deluxe room with a nice view, a bottle of sparkling wine, chocolates and complem...
Royal wedding a business boom or drag?

Mar 16, 2011

NORTHAMPTON, England (AP) ― Surrounded by boxes in a rickety old warehouse above the family shop, Joe Church hurries to wrap plates adorned with the faces of Prince William and his bride Kate Middlet...
College course offers entry into home-brewing

Mar 16, 2011

CAPITOLA, California ― Four years ago handyman Mark Taylor sent proposals to four community colleges for a beer home-brewing course he wished to teach. The colleges’ reaction was as flat as a glass ...
SKAL Seoul Club chief urges ...‘consistent message’ in branding Korea

Mar 14, 2011

Swanson plans to donate books on Korea dating from 1800s President of SKAL Seoul Club for 2011 and Millennium Seoul Hilton general manager Eric Swanson said Korean policymakers should send a “consis...
Tourists reach new beach frontier in Myanmar

Mar 11, 2011

Waves lap the vast sweep of pristine, palm-lined sands as a sprinkling of Westerners soak up the sun, their breezy peace punctuated only by the creaks of a passing ox-cart. Welcome to a tourist para...
Korea to promote Daegu tourism in Japan

Mar 7, 2011

The Korea Tourism Organization said it will attract Japanese tourists to Daegu through a series of promotional meetings in five major cities of Japan from March 7 to March 12. Daegu is scheduled to ...
Waterford: The city sparkles like its crystal

Mar 4, 2011

WATERFORD, Ireland (AP) ― Waterford Crystal is renowned for its sparkle, and lately the city it is named for lives up to that description. Still, Waterford, in Ireland’s sunny southeast (sunny being...
Around the hotels

Mar 4, 2011

JW Marriott Seoul From March 4 to June 26, the hotel is offering a spring picnic package for families. The package includes a one night stay in a superior room, a picnic lunch box for two people con...
Click! Online gateways to Korea

Feb 27, 2011

The Korea Herald guide to the nation’s most useful websites If you want to do a bit of research before taking a trip in South Korea, don’t settle for the standard Google search or hastily read trave...
Romantic moments in the world’s most exciting city

Feb 25, 2011

NEW YORK ― What’s romantic? Taking your sweetheart to New York City. The most exciting metropolis in the world packs a lot of living into every hour. Here, even hicks from the sticks feel like they...
Egyptian tourism struggles to revive

Feb 21, 2011

CAIRO (AP) ― The wind-swept pyramids of Giza were virtually deserted Sunday, symbols not just of the might and culture of the pharaohs but also the damage that Egypt’s upheaval has inflicted on touri...
Las Vegas wedding chapels deal with love recession

Feb 18, 2011

LAS VEGAS (AP) ― Las Vegas’ love life is in the dumps. Fewer than 92,000 couples married in or around Sin City last year. The last time the city of drive-through wedding chapels married fewer people...
More than just ski slopes

Feb 18, 2011

Chilling out in Gangwon’s unique tourist spots PYEONGCHANG, Gangwon Province ― The problem with a winter holiday is that some people don’t like being stuck on the ski slopes all day. So when Pyeong...