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bucheon bum · Joined: 16 Jan 2003

mises · Joined: 05 Nov 2007 Location: retired

I always encourage friends/family to travel to the ROK. It is rough around the edges at times, but Seoul in particular is a really wonderful city. With the won where it is, it can be an affordable place to eat, drink and shop.

D.D. · Joined: 29 May 2008

Ya the fog is so nice today. Makes me think why would people want to go to a nice sunny beach for their holiday.

Underwaterbob · Joined: 08 Jan 2005 Location: In Cognito

VanIslander · Posted: Tue Nov 25, 2008 4:47 pm Post subject:

Hanson · Joined: 20 Oct 2004

Gamecock · Joined: 26 Nov 2003

Really there isn't a single reason to come to Korea as a tourist unless you know someone who lives or works here and are visiting them as well. Everything you can see here can be seen better somewhere else.

This isn't a slam on Korea. It is a nice little country with its own charms. Tourism just isn't one of them. I'm from Wisconsin and think it's a nice place. But if foreigners were coming to the USA on thier vacation, I wouldn't recommend they go there.

mindmetoo · Joined: 02 Feb 2004

I loved Korea as a tourist and will visit again. The tanking Won makes it extreee attractive. Seoul is Japan Lite (or Japan Extra Lite). You can look at it that way. But I dunno about bargains on electronics even with the currency boost.

Kuros · Joined: 27 Apr 2004

If you don't think Korea is charming, take a trip to some of the islands for a week.

I recommend Gwangmedo, a small island off of Jindo.

Go to somewhere where non-Asians don't go.

Temporary · Joined: 13 Jan 2008

Ukon · Joined: 29 Jan 2008

I've met western tourists here...they were having a blast.

Perceptioncheck · Joined: 13 Oct 2008

santafly · Joined: 20 Feb 2008

Korea sucks as a tourist destination, it is indisputable. This exactly why it has the least American visitors of any Asian country with a coast.

Gyeongju has one decent temple - Korean is a terrible option for architecture and history. Beijing alone has more to offer than the whole of Korea.

I was eating chicken on a stick from a street stall near my hagwon in Jongno. Another foreigner, who wasn't a native English speaker, ordered some chicken. I asked where he was from. He said Spain. We switched to Spanish and I asked why he had come to Korea. He said he was on vacation in Japan and figured why not. He asked why I was here - teaching english, for the money (because otherwise it would be embarrasing to be here - of course, the money situation is fukked now). He said -

Falta algo, sabor...

Korea is missing something, it has no flavor

that pretty much sums it up perfectly

santafly · Joined: 20 Feb 2008

My brother and sister both mentioned how they want to come visit me here. My response:

No, you can't - I would hate for this to be your first impression of Asia.

Honestly, I think a lot of the people who blog/post on forums about Korea have never really spent time in other parts of Asia and have no idea how much Korea sucks in comparison.

ciccone_youth · Joined: 03 Mar 2008 Location: Japan

I think Seoul can be a fun place to see if you also go to Japan, or just around Asia.

There's is plenty to do and see in Seoul, and nice places around Korea. But don't make Korea your only destination, make it part of a trip.

My sister came to visit me in Seoul, but I told her to go to Japan (and spend more time there). She really liked Seoul actually, but obviously liked Japan a lot better.