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Savoring the bounty of South Africa’s Western Cape

One of the world’s most famous coastal routes, Chapman’s Peak Drive winds south from Cape Town, South Africa. (Los Angeles Times/MCT) GANSBAAI, South Africa ― One night as my sister and I walked ...

Updated : 2013.01.18 19:17

Sheraton Incheon’s upgrade for Herald readers

A Deluxe Room of Sheraton Incheon Hotel overlooks the Incheon Bridge.(Sheraton Incheon Hotel) Sheraton Incheon Hotel is offering a green getaway for readers of The Korea Herald. The “eco-friendly ...

Updated : 2013.01.16 19:28

Five spots to hit in the next three months

With the start of the New Year, you’re bound to be making resolutions and trying to change patterns. Didn’t travel much last year? Didn’t take a vacation at all? Make a positive change right now b...

Updated : 2013.01.11 20:02

Frolic, trek, mush or glide

PYEONGCHANG, Gangwon Province ― Approximately 180 km east of Seoul, just a couple-hour drive outside of metropolis is the quiet, mountainous county of Pyeongchang in Gangwon Province. Pyeongchang s...

Updated : 2013.01.04 20:04

Take an early dip at the ‘Best Beach of 2013’

I have seen the future and it is hot, wet, sandy and you can get one of those funny-colored drinks with a paper umbrella on top. I took a swim recently at Duke Kahanamoku Beach on Oahu in Hawaii. It...

Updated : 2013.01.04 19:48

Sochi, Russia, preps for the 2014 Winter Games

SOCHI, Russia ― Sochi, a resort area on the Black Sea in Russia, is the site of the 2014 Winter Olympics. It’s a popular summer resort town because of its warm weather, beaches and a shoreline boar...

Updated : 2013.01.04 19:46

Gangwon expects record number of foreign visitors to ski festival

Foreign visitors to the annual ski festival of Gangwon Province are expected to hit a record number, according to Gangwon Provincial Government. The ski festivals are rising as a popular travel progr...

Updated : 2013.01.04 19:45

KTO opens travel website for tourists with disabilities

The Korea Tourism Organization launched a website for tourists with disabilities on Jan. 3. The website (access.visitkorea.or.kr) offers information on famous tourist destinations, accommodation, res...

Updated : 2013.01.04 19:45

The Westin Chosun offers engraving service for VIPs

The hotel is presenting amenities engraved with the names of their VIP customers as it launches the Personal Touch of Chosun service from Jan. 1. The service, introduced for the first time in Korea, ...

Updated : 2013.01.04 19:45

KTO holds ski festival for Russian tourists

The Korea Tourism Organization is holding a ski festival for Russian tourists at Yong Pyong Resort and High 1 Resort in Gangwon Province in January. The “Ru-Ski Festival” will feature ski and snowbo...

Updated : 2012.12.28 19:36

The Shilla Seoul selected best hotel in Seoul

The Shilla Seoul has been named the best hotel in Seoul by Travel and Leisure magazine. The hotel received the highest mark of 91.16 ever given to a local hotel in Korea. The magazine selects the 500...

Updated : 2012.12.28 19:31

KORAIL selects best train stations

The Korea Railroad Corporation named Yeonsan Station, Jeonchon Station, Yeosu Expo Station and Chuncheon Station as the best stations for the year 2012. The selections were made based on the revenues...

Updated : 2012.12.28 19:31

Brunei: Tropical sultanate, golfing paradise

BANDAR SERI BEGAWAN ― Brunei’s Sultan Hassanal Bolkiah, who is also the country’s prime minister, has often topped lists of the richest men in the world. That’s because the small sultanate ― one...

Updated : 2012.12.28 19:30

Airports trade layover horror for ‘terminal bliss’

CHICAGO (AP) ― Getting stranded at a U.S. airport once meant enduring hours of boredom in a kind of travel purgatory with nothing to eat but fast food. These days, it can seem more like passing throu...

Updated : 2012.12.28 19:30

Sheraton Incheon leads the way in fostering eco-friendly environment

Sheraton Incheon Hotel Sheraton Incheon Hotel has been named the “Best Green Hotel 2012” by The Korea Herald readers’. This is the third time the hotel has been recognized as green hotel: It was ...

Updated : 2012.12.25 20:23