Chinese tourists’ return isn’t what it seems to be

Many of the people lined up were buying duty-free items to resell back in China. [YONHAP] After Beijing introduced a travel ban on group tours to Korea last March in retaliation for the terminal high-altitude area defense (Thaad) antimissile system … (본문 전체 10/10/2018 11:14 PM)

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  1. S. Korea’s Duty-free Sales Hit Record High Even Without Chinese Tourists Sales at duty-free shops in South Korea reached a record high this year despite China’s restriction on group travel to Korea in retaliation for Seoul’s deployment of a U.S. missile defense system. The Korea Duty Free Association said Monday that local duty … (본문 전체 10/22/2018 7:18 PM)...

  2. Huge group tour arrives from China According to the airline, it is the largest Chinese group to visit Korea since Beijing forced local travel agencies to stop offering group tours from March last year, apparently in retaliation of Korea’s decision to deploy the Terminal High Altitude Area … (본문 전체 10/19/2018 8:34 PM)...

  3. Asiana Airlines brings a group of 600 Chinese on incentive tour to Seoul They also attend a cosmetics seminar. Their visit is the largest group from China since Beijing banned some travel agencies from selling group tours to Korea in retaliation to Seoul’s deployment of the U.S.-built Terminal High Altitude Area Defense … (본문 전체 10/19/2018 4:05 PM)...

  4. Chinese online travel agency deletes group tour packages to S. Korea shortly after resumption of sales China’s largest online travel agency suddenly removed group tour packages to South Korea from its website on Wednesday. While Ctrip resumed group tours to Korea after the Chinese government placed a ban on all group tours to South Korea in March last year … (본문 전체 11/15/2018 12:02 PM)...

  5. Korean duty-free sales to hit record high this year despite China group travel ban In March 2017, Beijing imposed a travel ban on package tours to Korea as part of its retaliation over Seoul’s deployment of a U.S.-backed missile shield, which China feared could be used to spy on its military. China partially lifted the ban late last … (본문 전체 10/23/2018 12:07 PM)...

  6. Chinese tour agencies revive South Korea packages as THAAD spat cools down Travel agencies in Shanghai have resumed tours to South Korea after halting 17 months due to South Korea’s deployment of the US Terminal High Altitude Area Defense (THAAD) system. Independent tours and package tours to South Korea could be found on … (본문 전체 8/23/2018 11:35 PM)...

  7. Why 5,800 PyeongChang Olympic tourists didn’t leave Korea The Korean ministry didn’t anticipate people like Xiong coming when it introduced the no-visa perk. The measure came after the Chinese government’s travel ban on the country when South Korea installed an American anti-missile system ― the Terminal High … (본문 전체 10/5/2018 12:24 AM)...

  8. China’s largest online travel agency suddenly removed group tour packages to South Korea from its website on Wednesday. While Ctrip resumed group tours to Korea after the Chinese government placed a ban on all group tours to South Korea in March last year over the installation of a U.S. missile defense system, it deleted them after South Korean media reported on the resumption. (본문 전체 11/15/2018 10:19 AM)...

  9. China allows online travel agencies to resume selling group tours to South Korea – Yonhap SEOUL (Reuters) – China has allowed its online travel agencies to resume selling group tours to South Korea after a diplomatic spat over the installation of a U.S.-backed, anti-missile system in … (본문 전체 11/14/2018 12:00 AM)...

  10. Shanghai Also Lifts Ban on Group Tours to Korea Shanghai authorities on Wednesday lifted a ban for some travel agencies on selling group tours to Korea, bringing the number of Chinese regions that now permit them again to five. The others are Beijing, Shandong Province, Wuhan and Chongqing. The Chinese … (본문 전체 8/24/2018 12:38 PM)...

  11. South Korea and China relations warming but chilly restrictions remain Beijing ordered travel companies to stop selling popular group trips to South Korea as part of its protest against Seoul’s decision to install the US-made Terminal High Altitude Area Defence (THAAD) system. South Korea said the installation was needed to … (본문 전체 10/18/2018 10:05 PM)...

  12. Taco Bell is Testing New Items–But You Have to Travel to Get Them And we have to travel elsewhere to find fish or shrimp tacos … a Cheesy Taco Melt and a Volcano Naked Chicken Taco exclusively to Taco Bell locations in Korea. Date : 2018-07-26T21:36:00.000Z Source : https://news.iheart.com/featured/maxwell/content/2018-07-26-taco-bell-is-testing-new-items-but-you-have-to-travel-to-get-them/...

  13. China’s Top Online Travel Agency Dithers on Group Tours to Korea China’s largest online travel agency Ctrip resumed sales of group tours to Korea on Wednesday after a one-year halt but changed its mind again just a few hours later. Ctrip began selling tour packages to Korea at 2 p.m. Wednesday leaving from Beijing … (본문 전체 11/15/2018 12:04 PM)...

  14. N.Korea’s Travel Ban Applies Only to Chinese Tourists North Korea’s ban on foreign visitors until Sept. 5 seems to apply only to Chinese tourists, Radio Free Asia reported Thursday. INDPRK, a Chinese travel agency specializing in North Korea tours, was told last weekend by its North Korean partner that group … (본문 전체 8/17/2018 1:49 PM)...

  15. Chinese tourism recovery to South Korea continues but remains below pre-THAAD levels As a counterpoint, Korean travel retailers are hoping that conventional Chinese tourism (group tours and FITs) continues to normalise. A full lifting of the ban on group tours is expected in the near future, which should have a significant impact on … (본문 전체 10/24/2018 6:58 PM)...

  16. China-based N. Korea tourism agency suspends group tours A China-based tourism agency said Friday it will stop all group travel packages to North Korea starting this week for around a month due to domestic affairs in the North. Chinese tourists at a destination in North Korea (Yonhap) China-based North Korea … (본문 전체 8/10/2018 9:13 PM)...

  17. China allows travel agencies in Jiangsu Province to resume group tours to S. Korea SHANGHAI, Aug. 29 (Yonhap) — China’s tourism authorities decided Wednesday to allow travel agencies in Jiangsu Province, eastern China, to resume group tours to South Korea, in yet another step by Beijing toward the normalization of Chinese visitors … (본문 전체 8/29/2018 5:54 PM)...

  18. S Korean businesses embrace Mid-Autumn Chinese tourist rush According to the Sept 12 web report from Korean Asian Economy, the busiest times for Chinese tourists to travel abroad are during Sept 22 to 24, or Mid-Autumn Festival, and Oct 1 to 7, or National Day. South Korea’s duty-free shops and cosmetics industries … (본문 전체 9/17/2018 10:52 AM)...

  19. (LEAD) Ctrip again deletes group tours to S. Korea from website (ATTN: ADDS more info in paras 4-5; UPDATES with minor edits) SEOUL/BEIJING, Nov. 15 (Yonhap) — Ctrip, a leading travel agency in China, has deleted tour programs to South Korea, its website showed Thursday, in what could be a sign of a lingering row … (본문 전체 11/15/2018 1:58 PM)...

  20. China Lifts Ban on Online Sale of Group Tour Programs to S. Korea China has lifted a ban on the online sale of group tour programs to South Korea imposed in retaliation for the deployment of the U.S. THAAD antimissile system on the peninsula. Ctrip, a leading travel agency in China, decided to restart the online … (본문 전체 11/15/2018 10:45 AM)...