Gyeonggi Tourism Organization Operates Korean Language Courses for Local Travel Agency Staff in China and Thailand

[Asia Economy (Suwon) = Reporter Lee Young-gyu] The Gyeonggi Tourism Organization is conducting online and offline Korean language courses for employees of major local travel agencies in China, Thailand, and other countries.

On the 3rd, the Gyeonggi Tourism Organization announced that it held its first online lecture on the 2nd for 20 employees of the Asia-Pacific Department of Chunqiu Travel Agency, one of the largest travel agencies in Shanghai, China.

The lecture covered an introduction to Gyeonggi Province, stories related to the creation of Hangul, characteristics of the Korean language, pronunciation methods, followed by simple daily conversations and an introduction to Korean culture.

The Gyeonggi Tourism Organization plans to conduct a total of four Korean language courses this month for employees of the Asia-Pacific Department of Chunqiu Travel Agency. Starting next month, the courses will be expanded and operated to meet the demand of travel agencies in overseas countries including other regions of China and Thailand.

A representative of the Gyeonggi Tourism Organization explained, "We realized that local travel agency employees are not familiar with Korean content due to frequent department transfers and job changes caused by COVID-19," adding, "We planned this course with the idea that knowing the Korean language and culture is essential to creating better travel products."

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