Visits from outside the United States continued their slide in August. The U.S. Department of Commerce reports that 5.4 million people visited the United States from other countries in August this year. Unfortunately, that's a drop of 9 percent from August 2008. And, ...Click on a label to read posts from that part of the world.
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Visitors from outside the U.S. down 9 percent, spending a lot less
Visits from outside the United States continued their slide in August. The U.S. Department of Commerce reports that 5.4 million people visited the United States from other countries in August this year. Unfortunately, that's a drop of 9 percent from August 2008. And, ...Five reasons why I love Korea's Incheon International Airport
This long layover is my third at Incheon International Airport, and I couldn't be happier about it. On my first trip, I emerged bleary-eyed after a 10-hour flight, desperate for a bathroom and bottle of water. Wandering through the sleek white halls, I spotted a sign with an ...A taste of Seoul, Korea: Three nights
Korean food is hot! "Spicy" is probably the most prominent flavor in Korean cooking, but it's also a sign of the increasing popularity of Korean cuisine. Everywhere you turn these days, it seems like someone is talking about Korean food, from New York's superstar chef David ...Photo of the Day (11-4-09)
A close-up view of a building's features is one way to show it off its beauty This Buddhist temple's door is a perfect example. LadyExpat, who took this photo in Daejeon, South Korea, moved in for an intimate look so that the textures and nuances of the blue paint, the ...The best stinkin' food in Asia
We humans have mostly evolved a distaste for eating foul-smelling things, like dog poop, Drano, or anything Dad tries to cook. This is a beneficial instinct, as bad-smelling things are often quite toxic. (Sorry, Dad.) But the rules are a little different in Asia, where the ...South by Southeast: Welcome to Seoul
Seoul is not in Southeast Asia. But for a budget traveler like myself headed on to Southeast Asia, this South Korean capital has provided a perfect introduction to my trip. First-time Asian visitors "headed Southeast" often start in Tokyo, the neon Asian mega-capital of ...Travel from the rest of the world to the U.S. falls ... again
Travel fell again in 2009, according to U.S. Department of Commerce data, as a weak economy put pressure on both personal and corporate travel budgets.
Only 3.6 million people arrived from other countries, marking a decline of 11 percent from June 2008 to June 2009. For ...List of World Heritage Sites grows by 13
The United Nations Educational Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO) World Heritage Committee just wrapped up its 33rd annual conference in Seville, Spain, where they added 13 new sites to their list of amazing locations around the globe, and made the unusual move of ...Foal Eagle protests divert air traffic around North Korea
Korean Air and Asiana Airlines are followed by Air Canada and Singapore Airlines in routing flights around North Korean airspace. The change comes as a result of North Korean warnings that it "cannot guarantee the safety of South Korean passenger jets" if the United States ...Photo of the Day (2/14/09)
I've dreaded every Valentine's Day for the past five years, but I guess that's because I've long been unattached on this day, and usually spend my time moping around the house and giving my pug Iris hugs every hour or so to make up for the love I'm not getting. Also every ...Expect to wait, but not in Japan or Korea
The worst airport delays in the world, of course, are those that affect you. If I'm stranded at LaGuardia's Marine Air terminal for a short hop to Boston, I really don't care what's going on over at JFK, O'Hare or anywhere else. However, some airports are more likely to ...Destination on the edge: golf on the DMZ
The small golf course in Panmunjom is often called the most dangerous in the world. Nestled between North and South Korea – which are technically still at war – sending a ball off the fairway means that it probably won't be retrieved. Welcome to the strangest ...Korean shopping deal just what you need in a recession
Here's proof that the left hand doesn't know what the right is doing. Imagine a left hand holding nail polish while the right is rotting. The Shilla Seoul hotel is offering a "Shopping at the Shilla" package for around $205 a night through October 31, 2009. The duty free ...The adoption travel experience
Several of my close friends and family members were adopted, adopted a child, or are in the process of adopting a child from Asia. In fact, my sister is months away from traveling to China to pick up her daughter, and our very own Gadling writer, Jamie Rhein has a daughter ...North Korea border disorder and other trivia
It's surprising; I know. There are competing accounts of how open North Korea is to outside tourists right now. Koryo Tours, as usual, is cutting through the rumor and gossip to give travelers as real a sense of possible of how, where and when you can go to North Korea. ...Adultery can get you jail time in South Korea
It is a news headline you'd expect to see in a theocratic Islamic nation in the Middle East: "Actress given 8 months in jail for adultery." But, this time, the headline could refer to the case of South Korean actress Ok So-ri. The Korean adultery law was created in 1953 and ...Photo of the Day (12.15.08)
One of my favourite subjects when traveling is shooting portraits -- to me, nothing really captures the essence of a country or culture like the faces of its people. That's why when I saw this image of a man celebrating Buddha's birthday in the Gadling Flickr pool, I ...South Korea's first female pilots get their wings
Lest you think that President-Elect Barack Obama's political win is the only milestone event celebrated in the world this week, think again: South Korea is celebrating its first two female civil aviation pilots. Shin Soo-Jin, 39, and Hong Soo-In, 36, recently qualified to ...Humorous Sexual-theme park of sculptures: Art for the 18 and older crowd
"Jeju Loveland is a place where the imagination can run wild!" is one of the descriptors used on the Web site of this unusual tourist attraction on Jeju Island in South Korea.
I'll say.
Also called Love Land, the sculptures on exhibit here were created by artists who ...Are positive stereotypes bad?
That's the question I found myself considering after reading about a mini-controversy over a new Randy Newman song called "Korean Parents." The song praises the academic achievements of Korean students, and gives a lot of the credit to their parents-- hence the song's title. ...
