Officials on Jeju Island are bracing for a possible surge of COVID-19 infections on the resort island as many tourists are expected to visit there during the five-day Chuseok long weekend that starts Sept. 30. The Central Disaster and Safety Countermeasures Headquarters said Wednesday that reservation rates for hotels on the southern island during the...Read More
Health authorities say the upcoming national holiday will pose the biggest challenge yet for their disease containment efforts, with millions of South Koreans expected to hit the road for Chuseok between Sept. 30 and Oct. 4. Popular vacation towns around the country are once again on alert over an influx of travelers potentially bringing the...Read More
Quarantine authorities on Jeju Island are on high alert as nearly 200,000 tourists are expected to visit the southern resort island during the upcoming Chuseok holiday. The Jeju Tourism Association said Wednesday that at least 198,000 visitors are projected to come to the island during the extended Chuseok holiday, the Korean version of Thanksgiving, which...Read More
The Jeju Special Self-Governing Province Office and Jeju City Hall were partly closed Sunday after visits by a COVID-19 patient, city officials said. The patient, a door-to-door cosmetic salesperson, was found to have visited the province office on Monday and the city hall on Tuesday and Thursday, last week, according to the officials. In...Read More
Jeju beaches were not officially opened last weekend but were already crowded with tourists. According to the Jeju Tourism Association, 99,161 tourists visited Jeju amid COVID-19 from June 26-28. Of the total, 99.7 percent are Koreans. Domestic flights to Jeju Island this month decreased by 27 percent compared to the previous year, and hotels have...Read More
Jeju Island and Gangwon Province, both popular domestic tourist destinations, will enhance quarantine measures for visitors during the long weekend, bracing for a possible second wave of COVID-19 infections, officials said Wednesday. The “golden holiday” includes Buddha’s Birthday on Thursday, International Workers’ Day on Friday and Children’s Day on May 5, giving people a chance...Read More
The Jeju Special Self-Governing Province plans to file a civil compensation suit against the mother and daughter of a 19-year-old overseas student who traveled to Jeju Island despite the suspected coronavirus infection (COVID-19). According to Jeju Island on Wednesday, the student and her mother who have been on a five-day trip to Jeju since last...Read More
Best 3 Must-go Restaurants In Jeju Island Volcanic mountains, waterfalls, and scenic beaches are among the many reasons Jeju Island is known as the Hawaii of South Korea. Located off the southern tip of the peninsula and just an hour-long flight from Seoul, this rocky and windy island is also known as the “Island of...Read More
A welcome news came as many meteorologists forecast that spring flowers will bloom three to five days earlier than usual due to high average temperatures. Cherry blossoms have already begun to bloom in Jeju Island, which is located south of Korea. Cherry blossoms that have begun to bloom in Jeju Island are expected to spread...Read More
In Jeju Island, Pink Muhly, which blooms in September, was late blooming in Jeju Herb Dongsan due to warm temperatures. Jeju Herb Dongsan (Jeju Herb Garden), which measures 10 meters in height and 300 meters in circumference in the fall of 2018, created a crater-shaped Pink Muhly that resembles Mt. Halla in Jeju Island. At...Read More
