Travel info on flight:
You have three options to come to Busan
1st way (Recommended):
There are a few flights directly from Seoul-Incheon airport (ICN) to Busan airport (PUS).
i) You can buy the return ticket to and from Busan airport (PUS), transiting at the Seoul-Incheon airport (ICN). In this case your entry airport to Korea is Busan (PUS), where you go through the immigration office.
ii) take a taxi to the workshop venue (taxi is cheap in Korea) from the Busan airport. It takes about one hour and it will cost around USD 30 from the Busn airport (PUS) to the Westin Josun Busan or to the Kolon seacloud hotel, depending on your accomodations during the workshop.
There are two kinds of taxis. The deluxe/jumbo one (black color) is 2 or 3 times more expensive. Please take a standard taxi (other colors). The taxi fare goes by the fare-meter.
2nd way (alternative way):
i) buy the return ticket to and from Seoul-Incheon airport (ICN). Then, from ICN
ii)take a connecting subway to GIMPO domestic airport at Seoul.
iii) from GIMPO domestic airport, take a domestic return ticket to Busan airport
iv) take a taxi to the workshop venue (taxi is cheap in Korea)
For the detailed info on how to go to Gimpo/Seoul ariport from ICN airport, see:
https://indico.cern.ch/event/1133243/attachments/2427432/4156069/ICN_GMP_2.pdf
3rd way (alternative way):
i) buy the return ticket to and from Seoul-Incheon airport (ICN). Then, from ICN
ii)take the airport-train to Seoul train station
iii) from Seoul train station, take an express train (called KTX) to Busan station. It takes about 3 hours. You can buy the train ticket one month before the travel dates from the following site:
https://www.letskorail.com/ebizbf/EbizBfTicketSearch.do
iv) take a taxi to the workshop venue (taxi is cheap in Korea). It will take about 40 min and it will cost about USD 20 from the Busan KTX train station to the workshop venue or the Kolon seacloud hotel.
There are two kinds of taxis. The deluxe/jumbo one (black color) is 2 or 3 times more expensive. Please take a standard taxi (other colors). The taxi fare goes by the fare-meter.
