Visit Korea Committee Activities

2016 Spring World Tourists Welcoming Week
< 2016 Spring World Tourists Welcoming Week > The Visit Korea Committee held the 2016 Spring World Tourists Welcoming Week from April 29th to May 8th for Labor Day and the Golden Week. The Visit Korea Committee cooperated with the Seoul Metropolitan Government for this campaign, offering a variety of programs including photo zones, making lucky bags, playing Korean folk games, and busking performances (Taekwondo, Nanta drumming, and a magic show) as well as interpretation and tour guide services for better convenience. We will do our best so that Korean hospitality shown in the K-Smile Campaign may induce more foreign tourists to revisit Korea. <Front view of the Namdaemun Market booth> <Foreign tourists being guided their ways at the Hongik University booth> <Samulnori (traditional percussion quartet) performed in Myungdong> <Hands-on program for playing Korean traditional games (tuho)> <Foreign tourists participating in the hands-on program for playing Korean traditional games (jegichagi)> <Foreign tourists enjoying photographing at the photo zone> <Foreign tourists being guided their ways at the Namdaemun Market booth>
Date : 2016/06/19 | Views : 4602
K-Smile Campaign: a street campaign held in Cheongju, Chungbuk
K-Smile Campaign: a street campaign held in Cheongju, Chungbuk The Visit Korea Committee participated in a K-Smile Campaign event held at the Seongahn-gil street and Yukgeori Market in Cheongju, Chungbuk on April 27th. In this event, the Korea Tourism Organization, Chungcheongbuk-do, Cheongju-si, Chungbuk Tourism Association, and Seongahn-gil and Yukgeori Market Tradespeople Organization joined together. The staff from those participating institutions and organizations staged a street march for about 500 m starting from the promotional booth installed in front of Lotte Cinema at Seongahn-gil, during which they distributed promotional materials for the K-Smile Campaign to merchants and citizens, inducing their participation. Also, they appointed a kindly leader store that will be in charge of the spread of a culture of kindness within Yukgeori Market, and carried out a promotional event for people to take commemorative photos in front of the promotional boards they made. -Kindly campaign to welcome guests during the travel week- -K-Smile Campaign to welcome guests- -Distribution of K-Smile Campaign souvenirs- -Appointment of a K-Smile kindly leader store-
Date : 2016/06/19 | Views : 4940
The “Visit Korea Year” is promoted at a foreign press conference invited by the Korean Culture and Information Service
The “Visit Korea Year” is promoted at a foreign press conference invited by the Korean Culture and Information Service On April 25th, the Visit Korea Committee attended the conference of “Invitation to Overseas Journalist Group for 2016 Korea Special Documentary Production” and introduced the foreign press to the “2016–2018 Visit Korea Year.” It informed about the benefits from the K-Travel Bus, Korea Grand Sale, and other events that foreign visitors to Korea can enjoy during the period of the Visit Korea Year. The committee also delivered a presentation on the charms of Korea tours, striving for the audience’s better understanding of Korea and broader coverage of it. < Coverage of the briefing on the 2016–2018 Visit Korea Year > < Greeting by Visit Korea Committee Secretary General Han Kyung-ah > < Introduction of 2016-2018 Visit Korea Year Projects > < Q&A on 2016-2018 Visit Korea Year > < Q&A on 2016-2018 Visit Korea Year > < Overseas Journalist Group invited for Korea Special Documentary Production >
Date : 2016/06/19 | Views : 4474
The 14th University Student National Smile Team’s starting ceremony
The 14th University Student National Smile Team’s starting ceremony The Visit Korea Committee held the starting ceremony of the 14th University Student National Smile Team at the Kim Koo Museum and Library, Hyochang-dong, on Sunday, April 24th. The 14th National Smile Team, consisting of a total of 200 students in 25 groups, among which are newly established groups in charge of monitoring, interpretation, and broadcasting respectively—they will ensure more specialization in each field. We hope that the National Smile Team will take the lead in the K-Smile Campaign for all Koreans, staff members working for tourist services in particular, to share the culture of kindness. <Photo zone time for each group in the University Student National Smile Team> <Oath by the captain of the 14th University Student National Smile Team> <Lecture on tourism communication> <Icebreaking time> <Group photo that captures the 14th National Smile Team’s starting ceremony>
Date : 2016/06/19 | Views : 4323
Resolution Conference on Kindly Taxi Service and Traffic Safety Improvement
Resolution Conference on Kindly Taxi Service and Traffic Safety Improvement The Visit Korea Committee participated in the Resolution Conference on Kindly Taxi Service and Traffic Safety Improvement held at the Seoul Transportation Center in Jamsil, Seoul, on April 20th in order to appreciate the hard labor of taxi workers and inspire their pride. In this event, about 300 workers adopted a nationwide resolution to improve the tax service, representing the 300,000 workers of the nation’s whole taxi industry. They also promised to provide a kindly service—particularly by rooting out passenger refusal and receiving unreasonable fare. It was followed by an award ceremony: the selected top 4 most kindly taxi drivers won prizes from the Minister of Land, Infrastructure, and Transport, and another prize worthy of about 400,000 is awarded to each of the 20 kindly drivers selected by the industry.
Date : 2016/06/19 | Views : 4511