The Visit Korea Roadshow runs from July 19th to 21st, 10 am to 10 pm at the Centre Court, the Curve, featuring budget-friendly travel packages from the Korean Tourism Organisation (KTO) and six tour agencies.
Hosted by the Korean Ministry of Culture, Sports, and Tourism and the Korea Tourism Organisation with the support of the Embassy of the Republic of Korea in Malaysia, the Korea Travel Fest 2023 marked an invitation for participants to embark on a journey to South Korea in conjunction with Visit Korea Year 2023–2024.
With around 130,000 Muslims living in South Korea, both Koreans and foreigners, and currently about 15 mosques, South Korea seems to be like an unlikely Halal hub. However, the East Asian country is making a strong push to attract Muslim tourists and to cater to those who would like to enjoy a taste of Korea back home. The number of Muslim tourists to Korea has been steadily increasing by an average of 20 percent every year with approximately 900,000 Muslim tourists visited Korea in 2015 compared with 750,000 the previous year, a small percentage of the total 12 million foreign visitors to Korea in 2015. Specifically, the arrival of Muslim tourists from Malaysia in Korea is estimated to reach 115,000 in […]