South Korea Transportation

South Korea, located in East Asia occupies the southern half of the Korean Peninsula and is an emerging tourist destination. A number of cities such as Seoul, Busan, Daegu, Daejeon, Gwangju, Gyeongju, Jeju, Jeonju and Suwon offer an exotic vacation to the international visitors. The splendid locales, rich culture and old civilization offer unbelievable experiences to those visiting the city. Travel within the country is fairly simple and South Korea offers a number of options to those who wish to travel within the country. The tourist may chose from air, train and road transport to reach one city from the other. South Korea Air Travel is used more by tourists than the natives. The city offers good domestic air connectivity and the major operators who offer such flight services are Korean Air and Asiana. A number of other low cost flight operators such as Hansung Airlines and Jeju Air have also made a foray into commercial air travel within South Korea. South Korea Train Travel is primarily offered by Korail. In recent times the Korail services have been upgraded and train travel within the country is cost effective, fast and safe. With the introduction of the Korea Train eXpress (KTX) offers a high speed service but other trains are reasonably good and offer fairly good connectivity.

South Korea Taxi Service is the favored means of South Korea transportation among tourists and visitors. Taxis offer speed, flexibility and offer value for money especially in case of group or family travel. South Korea Bus Travel is by far the best means of transportation in South Korea. The busses of the country are fast and stick to the schedule. Inter city travel is quite comfortable and inexpensive. This is the natives' favorite means of transportation. South Korea Subways are used by the commuter trains of the large cities in the country. An extensive network of metro rails has been approved and is under construction in South Korea. With the launch of these services, intra city transportation in the major tourist destinations of South Korea will have taken a giant stride. South Korea is well equipped with 8 international airports. South Korea Airports are well maintained and well managed air bases.