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[About Korea] Region - Jejudo Island and Southern Coastal Regions
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2017-11-20 20:43
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Within an hour's flight from Seoul, Busan or Daegu, travelers in Korea can reach a land of a completely different character, recognized as the best preserved and most unspoiled area in the nation, Jejudo Island, Korea's only island province.
The island is Korea's most popular tourist resort as well as its most favored honeymoon destination. Known as "Little Hawaii" for its volcanic landscape, picturesque subtropical scenery, sandy beaches, waterfalls and hiking trails, it is one of the world's top 10 tourist attractions with over 4 million visitors a year.
Jejudo enjoys a semitropical climate, with its plants and landscape being remarkably different from those of the mainland. It is also the natural habitat of over 2,000 species. Its principal mountain is the 1,950-meter-high Mt. Hallasan, an extinct volcano with a large crater. Lava flows from this volcano, last active in 1007, have resulted in many tunnels, pillars and other unusual features formed of the quick-cooled basalt. Tourist sites include the Jeju Folkcraft and Natural History Museum, Jungmun Resort, Cheonjiyeon Falls and Jeju Fantasy Gardens, with several representative gardens from around the world.
Jejudo Island offers visitors a great chance to glimpse the island's unique folk culture, especially through its thatched-roof houses. They reflect both the island's natural environment, characterized by strong winds, and the lifestyle of the island people, renowned for their generosity and warmth.
Most of the rivers in Korea have their tributaries in the northern and eastern regions and flow west and south. Concentrated for the most part along the southern coast are more than 3,000 islands providing grand scenery with a convoluted coastline. The completion of the Honam and Namhae expressways in 1973 made these picturesque coastal routes more easily accessible.
The areas around Jinhae, Tongyeong, Jinju and Namhae are recommended as highlights of this scenic region. The southern boundary of the Korean Peninsula is a sunken coastline which has created an irregular pattern of bays and inlets with more than 400 offshore islands. Beyond the expressway and rail service, a cruise on the hydrofoil between Busan and Yeosu is recommended it stops at Seongpo, Tongyeong, Samcheonpo, and Namhae.
- Extracted contents from the website of www.korea.net-
The island is Korea's most popular tourist resort as well as its most favored honeymoon destination. Known as "Little Hawaii" for its volcanic landscape, picturesque subtropical scenery, sandy beaches, waterfalls and hiking trails, it is one of the world's top 10 tourist attractions with over 4 million visitors a year.
Jejudo enjoys a semitropical climate, with its plants and landscape being remarkably different from those of the mainland. It is also the natural habitat of over 2,000 species. Its principal mountain is the 1,950-meter-high Mt. Hallasan, an extinct volcano with a large crater. Lava flows from this volcano, last active in 1007, have resulted in many tunnels, pillars and other unusual features formed of the quick-cooled basalt. Tourist sites include the Jeju Folkcraft and Natural History Museum, Jungmun Resort, Cheonjiyeon Falls and Jeju Fantasy Gardens, with several representative gardens from around the world.
Jejudo Island offers visitors a great chance to glimpse the island's unique folk culture, especially through its thatched-roof houses. They reflect both the island's natural environment, characterized by strong winds, and the lifestyle of the island people, renowned for their generosity and warmth.
Most of the rivers in Korea have their tributaries in the northern and eastern regions and flow west and south. Concentrated for the most part along the southern coast are more than 3,000 islands providing grand scenery with a convoluted coastline. The completion of the Honam and Namhae expressways in 1973 made these picturesque coastal routes more easily accessible.
The areas around Jinhae, Tongyeong, Jinju and Namhae are recommended as highlights of this scenic region. The southern boundary of the Korean Peninsula is a sunken coastline which has created an irregular pattern of bays and inlets with more than 400 offshore islands. Beyond the expressway and rail service, a cruise on the hydrofoil between Busan and Yeosu is recommended it stops at Seongpo, Tongyeong, Samcheonpo, and Namhae.
- Extracted contents from the website of www.korea.net-