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[17] By September 2011 North Korea had begun operating cruises directly from Rason in north-eastern North Korea, to the port in Mount Kumgang, offering visitors the chance to stay in the resorts previously run by the south. Although aimed primarily at Chinese guests, western companies also offered the tours. [18] [19]
Diamond Mountain) or the Kumgang Mountains is a mountain massif, with a 1,638-metre-high (5,374 ft) peak, in Kangwon-do, North Korea. It is located on the east coast of the country, in Mount Kumgang Tourist Region , formerly part of Kangwŏn Province , and is part of the Taebaek mountain range which runs along the east of the Korean Peninsula .
Pages in category "Travel and holiday companies of South Korea" The following 2 pages are in this category, out of 2 total. ... Lotte Tour Development; S. SM Culture ...
In 1993, Koryo Tours was appointed as a travel specialist by the Korea International Travel Company, part of the Government of North Korea. Koryo Tours takes in over 50% of westerners visiting North Korea. Koryo Tours is responsible for opening up of new destinations in North Korea as well as new activities such as; cycling, educational tours ...
Lotte Tour serves as a travel agency, travel information provider, and casino proprietor. The company was founded in 1971 and is one of the largest travel businesses in the country. It was a subsidiary of Lotte Corporation until 2005 when it was split off. [3] Lotte Tour owns the Jeju Dream Tower casino in Jeju City, the tallest building on ...
The Tour Guide-Interpreter School was opened on February 5, 1987, to train tour guides proficient in foreign languages. [10] In 1998, Mount Kumgang near the southern border was opened to South Korean visitors and received almost two million South Korean tourists between 1998 and 2008. [11]
The brush strokes are not the same. Moreover, the painting uses Mt. Geumgang (金剛), the spring name of Mt. Diamond, for its title, while the poem uses Mt. Gaegol (皆骨), the winter name of the mountain. A better evaluation of the poem is to consider it as an homage written in winter 1794 (another gap-in year) by the custodian of the work.
China has been South Korea's largest tourism source for years. In 2016, visitors from China made up 46.8% of tourists in South Korea. However China imposed a group tour ban after the US military deployed the Terminal High Altitude Area Defense (THAAD) system in South Korea. From April 2017, Chinese tourists plummeted by more than 60% compared ...