Korea Tourism Organization Holds Inauguration Ceremony for 1st Generation Supporters of 'Tourism e-Learning Center'

Promotion and Educational Content Monitoring Activities

The Ministry of Culture, Sports and Tourism and the Korea Tourism Organization announced on the 18th that they held the inauguration ceremony for the '1st Tourism e-Learning Supporters' on the 16th and have officially begun their activities.

Korea Tourism Organization '2024 Tourism e-Learning Supporters' Launch Ceremony.
[Photo by Korea Tourism Organization]

Tourism e-Learning is the largest online integrated education platform for the tourism industry operated by the organization since 2021. It offers over 540 diverse educational contents for free, including lodging, guidance, and tourism trends. As of the end of February, the number of registered users reached 44,000, with a cumulative total of 110,000 course completions.

The 30 supporters, selected through a competitive process with a ratio of 6 to 1, attended the inauguration ceremony held at the Seoul Center Tourism Future Talent Education Center on the 16th, marking their first step. The supporters will engage in activities such as promoting Tourism e-Learning, monitoring educational content, and identifying platform improvement areas.

The organization plans to use the supporters to spread high-quality educational content, help strengthen the capabilities of current and prospective tourism industry workers, and proactively reflect learners' educational demands by identifying them in advance.

Kim Namcheon, Director of Tourism Talent Development at the Korea Tourism Organization, stated, "Tourism e-Learning provides new educational content and personalized learning management functions every year, and recorded 810,000 visitors in 2023, receiving high acclaim. This year, together with the 1st supporters, we will strive to further expand excellent educational content and strengthen the capabilities of tourism industry workers and prospective tourism talents."

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