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Several tour programs will offer participants a great opportunity to feel the beauty and wonder of Korea. Although dramatic modernity swirls all around Seoul, timeless patches of ancient architecture and cultural vestiges are well kept and preserved.
Notice
1. All tours include entry fees and the services of an English-speaking guide.
2. Each tour program can operate only if the minimum number of required persons is reached.
3. If the minimum number is not reached, tour may be cancelled, substituted by another tour program with notice to participants, or provided at an altered rate with the consent from all participants.
4. OP-01 Jeju Island' rate does not include the round trip ticket between Gimpo International Airport and Jeju International Airport. If you have further inquires, please contact the Registration & Housing Office (safety_htl@intercom.co.kr).
5. Any change or cancellation, please contact the Registration & Housing Office (safety_htl@intercom.co.kr) before May 31, 2008.
 
Post-Congress Tours
OP-01 Jeju Island
Hours & Date : Thu. July 3 ~ Sat. July 5, 2008 (2 Nights/ 3 Days)
Tour Fee : KRW 500,000 (US$ 556) (Excluded airfare: US$ 222)
Korea's biggest island, Jeju Island, is comparable in beauty to Hawaii or Bali. Rising up in the center of the island is Mt. Halla, the highest mountain in Korea with a crater lake at its summit. Surrounded by water and with a subtropical climate, the island has strangely shaped rocks, swamps, parasitic volcanoes, and diverse flora of more than 2,000 species including subtropical and temperate zone plants. Tourists can enjoy each season in Jeju with a particular splash of color; brilliantly yellow flowers in the spring that spread across the landscape, the golden beaches and sea vistas in the summertime, the Eulalia's light brown wispy reeds flowing in the autumn winds, and the lovely snow flowers covering Mt. Halla in the winter are all must-sees of Jeju.
OP-02 Gyeongju and Andong
Hours & Date : Thu. July 3 ~ Sat. July 5, 2008 (2 Nights/ 3 Days)
Tour Fee : KRW 450,000 (US$ 500)
Gyeongju which is called the "Museum without walls", was once the capital of the Shilla Dynasty. UNESCO designated it as one of the world's ten most historically significant sites. The outstanding cultural assets remaining here are evidence of this. Splendid cultural legacies are scattered throughout the city including Bulguksa, Seokguram, the Silla gold crown and numerous Buddhist images. Andong Hahoe Village has preserved the housing architecture and the village structure of the Joseon dynasty. Moreover, the village was not artificially created; there are people who actually live there. There are 180 families residing within the village and they are known as the group village of the Pungsan Ryu family. There are houses designated as National treasures.
OP-03 Mt. Seorak
Hours & Date : Thu. July 3 ~ Fri. July 4, 2008 (1 Night/ 2 Days)
Tour Fee : KRW 250,000 (US$ 278)
Mt. Seorak also called as Mt. Seolsan and Mt. Seolbongsan, the mountains were named Seorak because the snow would not melt for a long period of time and its rocks stay white like snow. In November 1965, the Seoraksan Mountains district was designated as a Natural Monument preservation area. Afterwards in December 1973, it was designated as park preservation area, and in August 1982, as a Biosphere Preservation District by UNESCO.
OP-04 Overnight Temple Stay
Hours & Date : Thu. July 3 ~ Fri. July 4, 2008 (1 Night/ 2 Days)
Tour Fee : KRW 250,000 (US$ 278)
Haeinsa Temple was founded by Suneung Sunim and Ijeong Sunim under the full support of the Silla royal family in the 3rd year of King Aejang (802 AD). Along with the Tripitaka Koreana (National Treasure No.32) and Janggyeong panjeon (National Treasure No. 52), 15 more public treasures and some 200 private treasures are enshrined at Haeinsa Temple, which has been appointed as a universal cultural heritage since December, 1995.
Tea Ceremony Tea prepared from tea leaves with the traditional tea sets is similar to the sitting “ Seon” or meditation practiced in the Buddhism. 'Daseon Limi' is often mentioned, implying the same tastes of tea drinking and “Seon” practicing. Such an elevated level of tea ceremony could be experienced.