Seoul opened tourist center for barrier-free travel

Seoul opened tourist center for barrier-free travel

Seoul

 

Image: Lotte World Tower - a highest skyscraper in Seoul

 

Seoul City, the capital and largest metropolis of South Korea, has opened a tourist center for travelers with access needs. According to the city government, the Seoul Danurim Tourism Center opened its doors to offer comprehensive tourism activity support for the disabled, elderly, and other citizens who experience difficulty getting around due to physical limitations. The new entity provides all services related to barrier-free tourism and is expected to help Seoul grow into a city that is convenient for traveling.

 

The officials estimate that in 2018 there were about 1.4 million people aged over 65 and some 390,000 people with disabilities in Seoul.  


In order to realize this, the city will offer barrier-free tourism information on the Seoul Darnurim Tourism website (www.seouldanurim.net), as well as a one-stop service that will offer customized travel counseling and reservation services for the travel-weak. The city will operate the Seoul City Bus that is equipped with wheelchair ramps, accommodative services such as the wheelchair and auxiliary device rental service, information accessibility, and improved physical environments.

Image: a picture from the Seoul Danurim Tourism Center website. Differently abled people walking the streets of the Seoul City
Seoul Darnurim Tourism website - www.seouldanurim.net 


Furthermore, Seoul will construct a cooperative system with related local and foreign organizations for cooperation and the sharing of related information, to provide awareness-increasing manual development and supply of tourism personnel for such increase of social awareness, and to aim for the expansion of a base for the revitalization of barrier-free tourism.