Mapo-gu Offers Free Online Distribution of Tourism Photos... Utilize Photos While Enjoying Untact Tourism

Starting July, Over 600 High-Resolution Photos of Mapo's Top Tourist Attractions Available Online for Free...Experience Untact Mapo Tourism in the Post-COVID Era Through Photos...Comprehensive Collection Including Mapo Tourist Spots, Cultural Heritage, Nature, Food, and Traditional Market Photos

[Asia Economy Reporter Jongil Park] Mapo-gu (Mayor Yudonggyun) will distribute high-resolution photos of representative tourist attractions in the area free of charge online, allowing anyone to use them freely.

Starting this month, the Mapo Culture and Tourism website’s ‘Culture & Tourism Photo Gallery’ will offer over 600 photos showcasing Mapo-gu’s representative tourist sites for free.

Until now, when tourism businesses, media outlets, or individuals requested photos of Mapo-gu, the district often faced difficulties due to a lack of available photos to provide. Even when photos were found, the district could not utilize them because it did not hold the copyrights.

Additionally, with many people refraining from going out to prevent and curb the spread of the novel coronavirus (COVID-19), the importance of untact tourism?experiencing travel remotely?has become clear, prompting the district to establish an online photo archive in earnest.

The photos of Mapo-gu’s tourist attractions being distributed this time cover a wide range of sites including popular tourist spots such as Hongdae Walking Street, cultural assets, nature, parks, food, traditional markets, and specialized streets. They also include large public art installations represented by Seoul’s designated ‘Oraegage’ and ‘Millennium Eye.’

All photos are high-resolution images over 5MB taken by professional photographers with experience as travel photojournalists. Under Public Nuri Type 1, anyone can freely download and use the photos by simply crediting the source (Mapo Culture and Tourism website), for public purposes as well as commercial uses such as souvenirs and promotional materials.

The district has secured photo copyrights for approximately 600 images and plans to continuously upload high-quality photos to the Mapo Culture and Tourism website so that many people can use them for free.

Yudonggyun, Mayor of Mapo-gu, said, “The free photo materials being distributed this time are prepared to be used diversely as a basic tool for tourism marketing. If media, tourism industries, and the private sector actively utilize them, it is expected to contribute not only to promoting Mapo tourism but also naturally to the development of the tourism industry.”

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