"I've never had a tour service like this before"...Start-up Showcase will be held
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At this event, Sammy Rishad, Wang Shim-rin, and Michael, who appeared on TV shows "Non-Summit" and "Please Take Care of My Refrigerator," will share their experiences with seven startup projects.
The Seoul Metropolitan Government said one of these startup projects, the Seoullo 7017 Tasting Seoul Tour, was launched in October and is receiving great response from foreign tourists.
The project is an experiential tourism product developed by Seoul Castro Tour, which received the second prize at an open audition in April, and consists of ▲ Namdaemun & Myeongdong Course ▲ Junglim-dong Course ▲ City Hall & Gwanghwamun Course. It is a "food walking tour product" where you can try food from famous restaurants near Seoullo 7017 and listen to explanations about historical places together.
The city also explained that the "tourism information signboards real-time free multilingual translation service" set up as an experience booth at the showcase venue is expected to play a big role for the growing convenience of Southeast Asian tourists.
The service was developed by the Seoul Metropolitan Government in cooperation with "Plito," which received the grand prize at an open audition. Since early this month, 728 tourist information signs in Seoul have been providing real-time translation services to tourists in seven languages, including Thai and Vietnamese.
In addition, new and fun services such as "Social Trip Platform with Local Hosts" (Frentrip), "Online Virtual Seoul Walking Tour" (Alice Wonder Lab), "Muslim Friendly Seoul Tour Project" (Yala Korea), "K-Pop Self-Music Video Production Service" (MUSICKING), and "Searching for Seoul Restaurants and Recommending Chinese Service" (Mango Plate) will be presented at the showcase.
By Go Woong Seok
