Name: Hung Kwok Wai
Student Id: 50461851
E-mail: 50461851@student.cityu.edu.hk

Traveling to Korea at Christmas time

In recent years, many people love traveling to places where they can experience snowing. As Christmas is coming, I would like to introduce Korea to them. It’s a place where they can have fun by playing snow-skiing, enjoying water spa and traditional Korean food. Weather and clothing needed are also things to notice for people who are going to Korea at their first time.

There are lots of books talking about traveling in Korea. Usually, they all provide information about Korea in three main areas. According to my experience, I would like to provide some information about Korea. Firstly, tourists who love snow scenes can go up to the Korean mountains by travel buses. At Christmas time, they can experience snowing on the mountains and take some beautiful photos of the wonderful snow scenes. As snowing is rare in Hong Kong, it is really exciting to have a white Christmas in such a romantic environment, especially for lovers. On the top of 
some mountains in Korea, coffee shops can be found where you can enjoy a cup of coffee and snow scenes. Traditional Korean parks can also be found on the mountains. All these traditional Korean signs are very worthwhile to visit.

Teenagers visiting Korea in winter must not miss playing snow-skiing, enjoying water-spa and traditional Korean food. Tourists who love sports must try to play snow-skiing. As mountains are mostly covered by snow at Christmas time, it’s very suitable for playing snow-skiing. In this year, a sport called snow-board is very famous and welcomed among Koreans who love skiing. The only equipment required is just an aluminum board. After it’s equipped to your shoes, you can ski freely down a slope at a high speed. Besides snow-skiing, water-spa is another attractive activity for tourists visiting Korea. Korea has got different kinds of water-spa which are located in both open and closed areas. These kinds of water-spa are extremely comfortable that they help people to relax and forget about pressure in daily life, especially under this cold weather. However, most of these water-spas require people to be naked when they are in the water. If you are too shy to be naked in front of other people, you may miss the chance to experience these water-spas. For those who love eating, Korea is the place you must visit. There are lots of traditional Korean food which can be found in the streets, shops and restaurants located around the capital of Korea, Seoul. And most of the prices of the food are low.

Finally, people going to Korea in winter should be aware of the weather there and the clothing which they need to bring with. When visiting the snow mountain, tourists should wear thick leather coats, scarf and even two or more trousers. For people who play snow-skiing on the snow mountain, thick coats with sharp colors should be worn in order to be seen easily. It’s because in case of accidents, you can be found on the mountains easily. In winter, the temperature is usually under minus five degree Celsius. Therefore, visitors should bring suitable clothing with them in order to avoid being sick during the trip because of the cold weather. Otherwise, you may not be able to enjoy the trip.

It’s really exciting to visit a place where we can experience snowing in Christmas. Therefore, we should prepare ourselves well and know more about the country we are visiting. Then we can get as much fun as possible during our holiday.