Travel News: News Scraps

Britain has just demonstrated another failure of its technologies and resources in the face of a snowfall, but can technology be a bit excessive at times? Particularly in the privacy of our bathrooms… . . .

South Korea will host the International Diabetes Federation (IDF) Congress 2019 – the largest conference in the field – following a successful bid that was four years in the making. . . .

Have you enjoyed Ali’s first episode about PyeongChang? here is the following episode. Let’s find out how she spent her 2nd day in PyeongChang 🙂 . . .

A famous YouTuber Ali Abbot visited PyeongChang to attend a Familiarisation tour organised by Korea Tourism Organization. Here is the first episode of PyeongChang series creased by her! . . .

Eurosport visited the Korea stand on 7th November during WTM to interview Mr. Changsoo Jung, the CEO of Korea Tourism Organization and talk about 2018 tourism strategy and the upcoming Olympics. It also introduces many exciting events happened at the stand during the show and what visitors think about Korea.     . . .

Whichever way you look at it, the agricultural town of Pyeongchang, population 43,000, is an understated choice for an Olympic host. The 21st-century histrionics will focus on local delights at the 2018 Winter Games’ opening ceremony on February 9, but Gangwon Province, east of Seoul, is South Korea’s least developed area. . . .

Whichever way you look at it, the agricultural town of Pyeongchang, population 43,000, is an understated choice for an Olympic host. The 21st-century histrionics will focus on local delights at the 2018 Winter Games’ opening ceremony on February 9, but Gangwon Province, east of Seoul, is South Korea’s least developed area. . . .

Morgonsolen glittrar i de stromlinjeformade skyskraporna som reser sig pa bagge sidor av floden Han. Trots att det ar rusningstid i Seoul promenerar manniskor lugnt med sina take-awaykaffe pa de rena trottoarerna. Det ar svart att tanka sig att vi befinner oss i en stad som slogs i spillror av ett inbordeskrig for knappt 60 ar sedan och fortfarande lever Continue Reading . . .

At a mountain retreat south of Seoul, some three dozen aspiring pop stars practice synchronized dance moves while singing into bottles of tea they grip in place of microphones. Then they do it again. And again. . . .

The Seoul station overpass, completed in 1970, used to be an icon of industrial progress for South Korea. But the 1km road bridge has undergone a radical makeover. It reopened in May as a sky garden with more than 23,000 trees, shrubs and plants. Dutch design consultancy MVRDV, which led the transformation, says the park will become an urban plant Continue Reading . . .