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3DR
Joined: 24 May 2009
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| I'm with 74. I rarely find it cold here. I never wear a winter jacket (just a fall one). And swimming in sept/oct sounds awesome to me. As well, I'm very uncomfortable here in the summer with the heat and humidity. |
You guys are strange. But then again I love the heat and hate the cold. This coming from a black guy from the Midwest, 68 degrees is never shorts and tshirt weather where I'm from. Actually MAYBE tshirts, but hardly shorts until it hits the mid 70s. (24 C) |
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atwood
Joined: 26 Dec 2009
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| Posted: Wed Jun 11, 2014 6:53 pm Post subject: |
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How about Happy Suwon?
And as a proud son of the South, I do get a chuckle out of Canadians (and most Koreans) wilting in what they refer to as the summer "heat."
I agree the winters here are not that cold, at least recently, and a cold shower can be bracing, but I can't see going to the beach to swim in water that sets your teeth chattering. |
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Weigookin74
Joined: 26 Oct 2009
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| Posted: Wed Jun 11, 2014 7:53 pm Post subject: |
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| 3DR wrote: |
| Captain Corea wrote: |
| I'm with 74. I rarely find it cold here. I never wear a winter jacket (just a fall one). And swimming in sept/oct sounds awesome to me. As well, I'm very uncomfortable here in the summer with the heat and humidity. |
You guys are strange. But then again I love the heat and hate the cold. This coming from a black guy from the Midwest, 68 degrees is never shorts and tshirt weather where I'm from. Actually MAYBE tshirts, but hardly shorts until it hits the mid 70s. (24 C) |
Add another degree or two that and you will have become Korean. Ha ha. Humidity here is the worst, even more than the heat. I hate the heat, but I'd take a 40 degree dry day over a 33 degree 100% humidity day (which usually feels like 45 degrees in sumer here).
I knew a black girl last year who complained and b#$ched about her elementary schools not turning on the air con. She was from the South. I knew a dude from Wisconsin (mid west) who complained about it here too.
Anyhew, my school this year is more generous with it's air con so I'm quite pleased. It's on now as I type.  |
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Weigookin74
Joined: 26 Oct 2009
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| Posted: Wed Jun 11, 2014 7:58 pm Post subject: |
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Funny thing I went home for a month last year for the first time in years. The locals were complaining about the heat. I wasn't feeling all that bad, except for 3 or 4 hours in the late afternoon into the early evening in my sisters house and maybe between 1 pm to 4 pm outside. I could mostly tolerate it compared to before.
I opened the windows at night and slept quite well. It usually went down to 15 to 17 at night in July. With my fan it felt like natures air con. Paradise! (I read the news at the time about back in Korea and China getting nailed with the worst heat wave in 100 years. I was enjoying a nice East Coast Summer.) |
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Enduro
Joined: 26 Apr 2014
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| Posted: Wed Jun 11, 2014 11:56 pm Post subject: |
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| The one in Paju years ago was "G & G Paju, Good & Great" |
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GoldMember
Joined: 24 Oct 2006
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| Posted: Tue Jun 17, 2014 6:33 am Post subject: |
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The vast majority of tourists seem to be Chinese with a few from Japan.
Korea is a close destination. If I was marketing to Chinese and Japanese I'd use the slogan "Can't afford a flight to somewhere nice- Come to Korea!" |
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sojusucks
Joined: 31 May 2008
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| Posted: Tue Jun 17, 2014 6:08 pm Post subject: Re: Redesigning Korean tourism |
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http://www.koreaherald.com/view.php?ud=20140609001217
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| To offer better travel experiences, the existing travel resources and programs need sophistication, he said. As an example, Byun suggested that Korean hot spas, or “jimjilbang,” could become a whole new relaxation and healthy experience when combined with the centuries-old Korean traditional underfloor heating system of “ondol.” |
Awake in the morning to http://www.soundsnap.com/node/108983
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| The immediate focus seems to be on young foreign tourists who are fascinated by Korean popular culture. |
That's where the $ at! 
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| Korea - iceberg. Look below to see the other 90% |
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Korean culture is only novel for a little while (for Western tourists), especially when most of the cultural sites do not have English placards and brochures. Korea has a strong and thriving scuba diving culture and some beautiful diving spots. Developing this aspect could get people to keep coming back - assuming that diving was more foreigner friendly. |
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atwood
Joined: 26 Dec 2009
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| Posted: Tue Jun 17, 2014 6:22 pm Post subject: Re: Redesigning Korean tourism |
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| sojusucks wrote: |
| Lucas wrote: |
http://www.koreaherald.com/view.php?ud=20140609001217
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| To offer better travel experiences, the existing travel resources and programs need sophistication, he said. As an example, Byun suggested that Korean hot spas, or “jimjilbang,” could become a whole new relaxation and healthy experience when combined with the centuries-old Korean traditional underfloor heating system of “ondol.” |
Awake in the morning to http://www.soundsnap.com/node/108983
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| The immediate focus seems to be on young foreign tourists who are fascinated by Korean popular culture. |
That's where the $ at!
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| Korea - iceberg. Look below to see the other 90% |
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Korean culture is only novel for a little while (for Western tourists), especially when most of the cultural sites do not have English placards and brochures. Korea has a strong and thriving scuba diving culture and some beautiful diving spots. Developing this aspect could get people to keep coming back - assuming that diving was more foreigner friendly. |
That's a good idea, but like so many things in SK it's not as affordable as other diving locations in SE Asia. |
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le-paul
Joined: 07 Apr 2009
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| Posted: Tue Jun 17, 2014 7:14 pm Post subject: Re: Redesigning Korean tourism |
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| atwood wrote: |
| sojusucks wrote: |
| Lucas wrote: |
http://www.koreaherald.com/view.php?ud=20140609001217
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| To offer better travel experiences, the existing travel resources and programs need sophistication, he said. As an example, Byun suggested that Korean hot spas, or “jimjilbang,” could become a whole new relaxation and healthy experience when combined with the centuries-old Korean traditional underfloor heating system of “ondol.” |
Awake in the morning to http://www.soundsnap.com/node/108983
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| The immediate focus seems to be on young foreign tourists who are fascinated by Korean popular culture. |
That's where the $ at!
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| Korea - iceberg. Look below to see the other 90% |
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Korean culture is only novel for a little while (for Western tourists), especially when most of the cultural sites do not have English placards and brochures. Korea has a strong and thriving scuba diving culture and some beautiful diving spots. Developing this aspect could get people to keep coming back - assuming that diving was more foreigner friendly. |
That's a good idea, but like so many things in SK it's not as affordable as other diving locations in SE Asia. |
And also like everything else in Korea, its mediocre - especially when compared to other parts of Asia (India/Thai/Philippines etc.). |
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Lucas
Joined: 11 Sep 2012
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| Posted: Tue Jun 17, 2014 7:32 pm Post subject: |
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| Korean culture is only novel for a little while (for Western tourists), especially when most of the cultural sites do not have English placards and brochures. Korea has a strong and thriving scuba diving culture and some beautiful diving spots. Developing this aspect could get people to keep coming back - assuming that diving was more foreigner friendly. |
I'd imagine they've got quite a few shipwrecks to explore, along the coast. |
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atwood
Joined: 26 Dec 2009
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| Posted: Tue Jun 17, 2014 8:36 pm Post subject: |
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| Lucas wrote: |
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| Korean culture is only novel for a little while (for Western tourists), especially when most of the cultural sites do not have English placards and brochures. Korea has a strong and thriving scuba diving culture and some beautiful diving spots. Developing this aspect could get people to keep coming back - assuming that diving was more foreigner friendly. |
I'd imagine they've got quite a few shipwrecks to explore, along the coast. |
What you talkin' bout, Willis? You can't sink a turtle ship. |
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Chaparrastique
Joined: 01 Jan 2014
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| Posted: Tue Jun 17, 2014 9:04 pm Post subject: |
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If Korea is ever to grow a tourist industry first it has to change koreans attitudes to foreign people.
Foreigners are really not that stupid that they can't pick up the vibe of hostility dripping off every ajosshi that feels his territory has been invaded. |
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atwood
Joined: 26 Dec 2009
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| Posted: Tue Jun 17, 2014 10:07 pm Post subject: |
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If Korea is ever to grow a tourist industry first it has to change koreans attitudes to foreign people.
Foreigners are really not that stupid that they can't pick up the vibe of hostility dripping off every ajosshi that feels his territory has been invaded. |
The Chinese and Japanese take package tours and miss all that for the most part. And the Chinese are much like Koreans, or vice-versa truth be told, in that they take little notice of the people around them. |
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edwardcatflap
Joined: 22 Mar 2009
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| Posted: Tue Jun 17, 2014 10:26 pm Post subject: |
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The Chinese and Japanese take package tours and miss all that for the most part. And the Chinese are much like Koreans, or vice-versa truth be told, in that they take little notice of the people around them. |
Yes, I saw a clip from a documentary recently with some Chinese tourists visiting London. The tour guide on the bus made some crack about fish and chips and English food being crap then took them all to Chinatown for, I imagine, one of many lunches. Probably didn't even give them a chance to make their own minds up about the local cuisine. |
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le-paul
Joined: 07 Apr 2009
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| Posted: Tue Jun 17, 2014 10:49 pm Post subject: |
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The Chinese and Japanese take package tours and miss all that for the most part. And the Chinese are much like Koreans, or vice-versa truth be told, in that they take little notice of the people around them. |
Yes, I saw a clip from a documentary recently with some Chinese tourists visiting London. The tour guide on the bus made some crack about fish and chips and English food being crap then took them all to Chinatown for, I imagine, one of many lunches. Probably didn't even give them a chance to make their own minds up about the local cuisine. |
Apparently all we eat are potaties  |
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