Korean slang profile
슬로트래블
seulroteuraebeul
Leisurely travel centered on rest
Travel focused on resting comfortably and at leisure in a holiday destination rather than filling the schedule with activities.
- Expanded form
- slow travelslow travel
- Other spellings
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- Earliest source found
- 2007
- Documented trend period
- Not verified
This is the earliest source we have verified, not the date the term was coined.
01Examples, with English translations
- Example by Julimmal
이번 휴가는 한곳에 오래 머무는 슬로트래블로 계획했다.
I planned this holiday as 슬로트래블, staying in one place for a long time.
02Documented history
- 2007The National Institute of Korean Language’s weekly new-word survey material introduced the spelling and meaning of “슬로트래블”.[1]
03Origin & word formation
It renders the English expression meaning slow travel and describes enjoying rest instead of moving around busy tourist attractions. This explanation was checked in the National Institute of Korean Language’s 2007 weekly new-word survey material. Who first used it and when have not been verified.
Evidence for the origin explanationMedium
The explanation and components in the body of the weekly material were directly compared. The original older articles re-quoted there and first use were not separately verified, and the date was recorded only to the precision of the verified source’s publication year.
04Sources
Original titles and links are preserved. An English translation does not replace the original source.
- 신어 조사 결과 (2007년 7월 3주) (국립국어원·국회도서관 보존본)Published 2007Original source checked Nov 14, 2026