Summer has arrived in Jeju, Busan [PHOTOS]
Posted : 2021-05-24 15:16
Updated : 2021-05-24 15:16
Visitors and local residents enjoy their time at Hamdeok Beach on Jeju Island, May 23. The beach is crowded with tourists spending the weekend outdoors. According to the Korean Meteorological Administration, this summer is expected to be hotter than usual. Yonhap
Visitors enjoy the open sky and sea while kayaking along the coast of Jeju Island on May 24. Yonhap
Visitors wearing masks enjoy a sunny day at Haeundae Beach in Busan, May 23. Yonhap
People play in the water at Haeundae Beach in Busan, May 23. Yonhap
Children s Day saw year s largest number of daily visitors to Jeju
Posted : 2021-05-06 14:45
Visitors at Hamdeok Beach in Jeju Island on Children s Day on May 5 / Yonhap
The southern island of Jeju recorded this year s largest number of daily visitors on the Children s Day holiday, industry officials said Thursday.
According to the Jeju Tourism Association, 45,427 people visited the resort island Wednesday, up 139.4 percent from the 19,048 posted a year ago during the early stage of COVID-19.
The number is even larger than the 37,964 tallied on the pre-pandemic Children s Day in 2019 and nears last year s high of 49,541 recorded on Aug. 1.
The association said the increase was partly because people can enjoy extended holidays, with the Children s Day and two weekends interspersed with four workdays.
December 17, 2020 12:18
Jeju Island is the focus of the latest in the Korea Tourism Organization s well-received series of travel videos for would-be international travelers who have not been able to visit Korea due to the coronavirus pandemic.
One of the popular videos recently uploaded on KTO s YouTube channel shows a Korean-Kazakh couple and their two daughters who rent a car to look around the southern resort island of Jeju, garnering many clicks from people in Russian-speaking countries in particular.
In the video, which captures the wonderful scenery of the island, the first destination is Hamdeok Beach, which boasts the emerald waters and black basalt formations for which Jeju is famous.