Daemyung Vivaldi Park’s Ski World has opened early exclusive sales for affordable season passes for the upcoming winter. Sales opened on Aug. 26 on the Vivaldi Park official homepage for the price of 230,000 won and will continue for a short period of time before passes are sold at regular prices. Starting in September prices for season passes will rise in stages and will range from 350,000 won to 410,000 won. Early purchasers of season passes will be given a variety of benefits including free e

This autumn Air Busan is offering a variety of promotional events for travelers planning to go to the Kansai region in Japan, which includes Osaka, Kyoto and Kobe. Write out a personal travel plan and itinerary for the Kansai region and post it on Air Busan’s official website at airbusan.com with photographs for a chance to be one of the randomly chosen lucky three to win a free travel package to the region. The package will include round-trip tickets from Busan to Osaka, Hankyu tourist passes f

KATHMANDU (AFP) ― Nepal will open five more peaks above 8,000 meters for mountaineers to scale when the autumn climbing season begins, a tourism official said Tuesday, a move largely welcomed by local climbers.The Himalayan nation currently allows climbers to scale eight mountains above 8,000 meters, including the world’s tallest peak, Mount Everest. Nepal plans to open three peaks in the Kanchenjunga region and two from the Everest region. Lhotse Middle, Lhotse Shar, Kanchenjunga South, Kanchen

Scoot Airlines, a division of Singapore Airlines, is launching a program “ScootinSilence” that allows travelers on planes to choose to sit in an area with larger leg-space and prohibits children under the age of 12. The section is located just behind the Scootbiz area in rows 21 to 25. For an extra fee of about 16,000 won, customers will be able to relax peacefully in “Super” and “S-T-R-E-T-C-H” seats that have about 10 cm more legroom than normal seats. There are seats with more legroom availab

KORAIL is offering a special “healing” travel program that allows visitors to take a relaxing trip to national recreational forest lodges and support local businesses. The program, “KTX ― to the Woods,” began on Aug. 21 and includes a variety of courses with allocated lodgings in Gangneung’s Daegwallyeong, Jeongseon’s Mount Gariwang, Namhae’s Pyeonbaek, and Mount Bangjang forest lodge where visitors can easily find places to stay and sights to see. The course to Namhae’s Pyeonbaek costs 192,000

TALLAHASSEE, Florida (AP) ― State officials say Florida tourism is booming, with 23.4 million visitors coming to the state in the second quarter of 2013.According to Visit Florida, the state’s official marketing arm, there was an increase of visitors by 2.6 percent over the same period in 2012. Officials say that the second quarter of 2012 ― April to June ― is the largest second quarter for tourist visits in the state’s history.Through the first half of 2013, Florida welcomed 49.6 million visito

Hawaii’s biggest event of the year, “Aloha Festivals,” is taking place for three weeks starting from Sept. 12 in Oahu. Each year more than 1 million visitors flock to the island to participate in the event, which has been held a total of 67 times. This year’s festivities will include special programs commemorating the 40th year of the Polynesian Voyaging Society. Visitors will be able to experience Hawaii’s rich 2,000-year history through traditional Hawaiian songs and dances. A special event th

The 15th “Tuna Festival,” presented by the Philippines Department of Tourism, will take place Aug. 5 to 9 in General Santos City. This festival is held to promote development in the city, with a focus on thanking the sea for providing the major source of income in the region, where more than 40,000 tons of tuna are caught each year. There will be a flag raising ceremony, tuna float parade, street dance competition, and many more colorful events with hundreds of participants. At Tuna Village, vis