The California Travel and Tourism Commission will open an office in Seoul on Monday to generate marketing and promotional campaigns to bring South Korea travelers to California.
The commission hired AVIAREPS Marketing Garden to represent the California tourism industry in South Korea.
South Korea is California’s fourth-largest overseas market, with 331,000 visitors, Caroline Beteta, CTTC chief executive officer, said in a news release. “We expect that number to increase dramatically with the easing of visa restrictions and expected expansion in airlift.”
Wednesday, September 10, 2008
Tuesday, September 2, 2008
Fewer expected to travel this Labor Day weekend
The Automobile Club of Southern California predicted a 1.4 percent dip in the number of people traveling this weekend, compared with the same period last year. About 2.7 million Southern California residents are expected to travel.
Nearly 200,000 people will fly in and out of Lindbergh Field this weekend, roughly the same number as last year, said a San Diego airport spokeswoman.
Nearly 200,000 people will fly in and out of Lindbergh Field this weekend, roughly the same number as last year, said a San Diego airport spokeswoman.
Thursday, August 28, 2008
California residents are apt to be home for the holiday
Despite the declining costs, fewer Southern Californians will be hitting the roads this Labor Day weekend, opting instead to lounge in their inflatable backyard pools or flip burgers on the grill.
This weekend, holiday travel - which includes driving and flying - is expected to be 1.4percent lower than last year, when the number of Labor Day vacationers rose 1 percent, according to the Automobile Club of Southern California.
That's partly because even though gas prices have dropped for more than six consecutive weeks - to $3.92 a gallon for regular unleaded in the Los Angeles area - that's still $1.15 a gallon higher than a year ago. "It's been a tough year for gas prices. They're coming down fast. It's great," said Marie Montgomery, spokeswoman for the Auto Club. "But you still see those $4 prices out there."
And those prices, coupled with a sluggish economy and California's 7.3 percent unemployment rate - a 12-year high - have caused many families to think twice about packing up the car and cruising up the coast.
This weekend, holiday travel - which includes driving and flying - is expected to be 1.4percent lower than last year, when the number of Labor Day vacationers rose 1 percent, according to the Automobile Club of Southern California.
That's partly because even though gas prices have dropped for more than six consecutive weeks - to $3.92 a gallon for regular unleaded in the Los Angeles area - that's still $1.15 a gallon higher than a year ago. "It's been a tough year for gas prices. They're coming down fast. It's great," said Marie Montgomery, spokeswoman for the Auto Club. "But you still see those $4 prices out there."
And those prices, coupled with a sluggish economy and California's 7.3 percent unemployment rate - a 12-year high - have caused many families to think twice about packing up the car and cruising up the coast.
Wednesday, August 13, 2008
Southern California -- this just in
hough much of the space dust in the cloud is 1,000 years old, a newer stream, generated by the comet in the 1860s, accounts for most of the meteors we now see. The annual event, named for the point in space where it seems to originate -- the constellation Perseus -- is one of the year's most spectacular. Find a flat spot in a really dark place and, weather and moonlight willing, you can see up to 60 meteors per hour at the shower's peak.
So how do you find a dark spot in this flood-lighted city? So glad you asked. Hugo Martin has put together a little list of great SoCal viewing spots in our travel blog. (And yes, that's an actual photo shot during the Perseids in Joshua Tree in 2005.)
So how do you find a dark spot in this flood-lighted city? So glad you asked. Hugo Martin has put together a little list of great SoCal viewing spots in our travel blog. (And yes, that's an actual photo shot during the Perseids in Joshua Tree in 2005.)
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