'Travel Enjoyed with AR'... Korea Tourism Organization Hosts Smart Tourism City Fam Tour Inviting 5 Countries

Invitation of 25 Travel Industry and Media Representatives from 5 Countries

The Korea Tourism Organization is inviting 25 travel industry and media representatives from five countries to Korea to promote 'K-Smart Tourism,' equipped with fantastic extended reality and media art.

Tourists at Incheon Jung-gu Open Port comparing the past and present using augmented reality (AR) and virtual reality (VR) on the Incheon e-ji app.
[Photo by Incheon City]

The organization announced on the 13th that from the 14th to the 25th, 25 travel industry and media representatives from five countries including the United Arab Emirates, Taiwan, and Thailand will visit Korea and travel to smart tourism cities such as Incheon, Suwon, Yeosu, and Daegu.

Through the fam tour, the organization plans to showcase the unique tourism attractions and smart technology of the four smart tourism cities. Participants will use a dedicated smart tourism city platform to directly book and pay for services such as transportation, accommodation, restaurants, and various experiences by city, and experience the unique content of each city created by the convergence of regional tourism content and information and communication technology (ICT).

Incheon Smart Tourism City, established as a pilot project in 2020, vividly reproduces historical figures and old streets from the 19th century in the open port area including Chinatown and Wolmido through augmented reality (AR) and virtual reality (VR) technologies.

Suwon offers the 'XR Bus 1795,' which brings King Jeongjo’s royal procession into extended reality; Yeosu features the 'Night·Di·Bul Street,' where visitors can enjoy media walls and interactive busking; and Daegu presents representative smart tourism content such as the 'Media Art Music Fountain Show,' combining beautiful laser shows and music, all provided to tourists.

Through this fam tour, the organization aims to accelerate attracting visitors for the '2023-2024 Visit Korea Year' by promoting Korea’s leading efforts in creating smart tourism cities that enable individual travelers to conveniently travel in Korea.

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