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South Korea’s most popular theme park is giving us the chance to start over with the launch of its 2020 Begin Again with Everland campaign. The year 2020 has significance for numerous reasons – being the start of a new decade, a new zodiac order, and the first time since 1919 that the same two-digit […]

Visitors to Everland, South Korea’s biggest theme park, can break away the winter blues on Snow Buster – a sledding slope featuring three different courses for all ages. Operated by Samsung C&T Resort Group, Everland is located in Yongin, south of Seoul, and remains a popular destination during the year’s coldest months when Korean children […]

At Christmastime in the end of the year it is most important to spend time with loved ones. But which loved ones come first to mind during this holiday depends on local customs. In many western countries, where Christmas is close to its Christian roots, it is one of the biggest holidays in the entire […]

It’s never been easier to grab a smartphone, shoot your own video, and publish it online. YouTube alone had more than 23 million channels as of last year, with people uploading videos every second of every day. Out of this huge collection of Internet offerings, a particularly interesting genre has been blossoming in Korea: the “web drama.” […]

If safety and service are two important measures of success in the leisure sector, then October was a good month for Samsung C&T Resort Group. The company, which operates Everland, South Korea’s biggest theme park, and Caribbean Bay water park, as well as prestigious golf courses such as Gapyeong and Ansung Benest Golf Clubs, announced […]

A trend has been spreading through South Korea that is both new and retro. The Newtro mood, as it is called, has made an impact on everything from fashion, to food, to leisure. What’s interesting is that the movement is led by young people in their teens and twenties who see things from the past as […]

South Korea’s most popular theme park, Everland, has become the first zoo in Asia to obtain the world’s highest level of accreditation as assessed by the U.S.-based Association of Zoos & Aquariums (AZA). Everland’s Zootopia zone is home to tigers, lions, pandas and many more species housed in a varied and rich environment, including the […]

Since ancient times, people have celebrated ghostly goings-on at this time of year. The origins of what we now call Halloween may be found in an old Celtic festival called Samhain, when people would do things that might seem surprisingly familiar – dressing up in costumes to fool ghosts that might want to harm them, but also […]

The term “experience economy,” which was first mentioned in 1998 and refers to the idea of seeking experiences over things, applies to all kinds of events and occasions – including theme parks. When global spending on theme parks hit a record $44.8 billion in 2017, the experience economy was cited as a cause. That year also saw an unprecedented figure […]

With autumn upon us, there are some spooky changes at South Korea’s biggest theme park, Everland. The facility just south of Seoul, operated by Samsung C&T Resort Group, has again stepped up its Halloween game to unleash an army of zombies and other haunting surprises. While Everland is known for offering magic and excitement to […]