Just because it was not done
5 years ago doesn't seem so important.
Many new forums not created when originally proposed
have since been created and do very well.
I'm back to the land of the living, and will bring this up in the private TB forum.
Cheers.
Welcome back.
I made some updates based on the idea put forth by the community.
Using Spain / Portugal / Gibraltar Forum as an example...
Korea too can be shared by 2 countries.
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(bolding mine), I personally don't think S Korea gets enough tourism consideration.
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As someone who just went to Korea two months ago (enjoyed it, can't wait to go back, trip report at To ICN with Oneworld from BOS, in AA J and JL (Many pictures included)) I completely agree with those who have posted already. I had to search all over FT for info on South Korea, it took me much longer than I expected. South Korea has a lot of tourist sites (there could easily be a combined thread on the palaces in Seoul). ICN is one of the highest rated airports in the world, and with two highly rated air carriers in KE and especially OZ to carry FTers there in style, it is more than deserving of its own forum.
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As someone who just went to Korea two months ago (enjoyed it, can't wait to go back, trip report at To ICN with Oneworld from BOS, in AA J and JL (Many pictures included)) I completely agree with those who have posted already. I had to search all over FT for info on South Korea, it took me much longer than I expected. South Korea has a lot of tourist sites (there could easily be a combined thread on the palaces in Seoul). ICN is one of the highest rated airports in the world, and with two highly rated air carriers in KE and especially OZ to carry FTers there in style, it is more than deserving of its own forum.
I concur completely - as someone who's fortunate enough to visit South Korea 2 - 3 times a year on business, I'm always surprised that it rarely gets considered as a tourist destination. Admittedly it's not cheap, but then neither are Japan, Singapore, HK etc.
I often get asked for flight recommendations from friends and relatives who are going to Australia or New Zealand for holidays. I always tell them to fly Asiana (my favorite airline bar none) and stopover in Seoul. Several of them have taken this advice, and none have been disappointed.
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Currently and logistically, Korea (as a destination) threads belong to Asia Forum on FT. W/r/t airlines discussion, we have airline fora for it. I am genuinely confused about a few folks' comments that they had to search "all over FT" for info about Korea, such as:
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Originally Posted by TheBOSman
I had to search all over FT for info on South Korea,...
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Originally Posted by Superguy
... it could benefit from having the information all in one place rather than trying to hunt all over FT for it.
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Originally Posted by crabbing
... i have a trip to korea coming up next month and a separate forum would have saved me a lot of the burden of digging for information that is currently spread across the asia, china, and japan forums (not to mention the gems hidden in the korean air, asiana, and hotel chain threads).
If you did find Korea discussion threads somewhere other than Asia Forum, that mean they were misplaced and should have been moved to the proper destination forum. Did you RBP those misplaced threads so MODs could take care of them? I always RBP misplaced threads when I spot them.
For those who ever had to search all over FT for Korea info outside our Asia Forum, would you please enlighten me in which fora you located Korea discussion threads? Even better if you may provide some example threads.
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