By Lee Hyo-sik
The Korea Tourism Organization (KTO) has introduced a mobile website for smartphone users so they can more easily obtain tourism information in three different languages — Korean, English and Japanese.
Earlier this week, the KTO hung a banner with a quick response (QR) code on one of the outer walls of its headquarters in central Seoul. By shooting the code with their smartphones, users can log onto the specially-designed website.
The website contains a wide range of information on royal palaces and other tourism attractions, as well as plays and other cultural contents.
The first 2,010 people who log onto the mobile website through Dec. 5 will be able to collect souvenirs at a KTO tourism information center, the organization said.
“Korean and foreign tourists can now more conveniently access tourism information through their smartphones, thanks to the newly displayed QR code at our headquarters building. It will also promote Korea’s image among foreign visitors as an information technology powerhouse,” said Je Sang-won, manager of the KTO global content division.