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wylies99
Joined: 13 May 2006
Location: I'm one cool cat!
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 Posted: Sat Jan 29, 2011 6:39 pm Post subject: Seoul City Tour Bus to be eliminated? |
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There's a budget battle brewing between Seoul's Mayor and the city council and a number of programs aimed at assisting tourists may face the budget ax. There is a mention of the Seoul City Bus for Tourists. Does anyone who lives in Seoul know more about this subject?
http://www.koreaherald.com/national/Detail.jsp?newsMLId=20110124000735
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The spat between Seoul City government and city council is likely to ruin the administration�s efforts to promote local tourism, as many programs for foreigners have been downsized due to a budget shortage this year.
The Seoul Metropolitan Government last week announced this year�s cultural experience programs for foreigners, under which it is planning to receive 1,740 applicants for 30 events, a sharp drop from 2,591 in 2010 and 2,301 in 2009.
The �Seoul Bus Tour,� where participants on rented coaches are given the chance to look around the city, ride ferries, visit landmark buildings and other things, will be the first to be downsized. The number of concerts, performances and others will be dramatically reduced too.
Administration officials said the budget restraint was the major reason for the reduction of such programs.
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darkjedidave
Joined: 19 Aug 2009
Location: Shanghai/Seoul
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| Posted: Sat Jan 29, 2011 7:27 pm Post subject: |
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| I hope they don't get rid of the Seoul CIty Bus Tour, I enjoy taking it about once a month to act like a tourist, or when friends are in town. BTW, I wonder what they mean by "downsizing" it? Would they cancel it altogether or reduce they number of buses? |
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happiness
Joined: 04 Sep 2010
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i saw they were starting a daegu city tour in feb, and i thought..why?
it would be a shame if they cut this program in seoul, its basically one of the last hopes for Korean tourism, save the Japanese coming here taking advantage of the exchange rate and to eat cheap yakuniku, and chinese students working here
a walking tour where people would get prizes? what? you know it will be some cheap factory made crap with KOREA in big letters on it. yeah, thatll work. |
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Jane
Joined: 01 Feb 2003
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| I don't know about the STO, but I've heard the KTO is closing some of their overseas offices this year, including the Chicago office; offices will be reduced to only one office per country. I think a budget cut is appropriate considering the amount they have wasted over the years creating inappropriate slogans and related paraphernalia, oodles of money spent on overstaffing, etc. |
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seoulsucker
Joined: 05 Mar 2006
Location: The Land of the Hesitant Cutoff
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| Posted: Sun Jan 30, 2011 3:56 pm Post subject: |
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| Makes sense to me. Korea is the exact opposite of a tourist destination. It's a great place to live, but I wouldn't want to visit here. |
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Captain Corea
Joined: 28 Feb 2005
Location: Seoul
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| Posted: Sun Jan 30, 2011 9:21 pm Post subject: |
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All of this so the Leftists can make rich kids eat the same crap lunch as poor kids.
Woohoooo |
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sojusucks
Joined: 31 May 2008
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| Posted: Mon Jan 31, 2011 12:16 am Post subject: |
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| If you've ever ridden the Seoul City Tour Bus then you know that many Koreans ride it, too. Successful tourism is not just about attracting Europeans and Americans. There are plenty of tourists from Asia and even from other parts of Korea who come to visit Seoul. Yes, the Seoul Tourism office has wasted money on some stupid things but that office has also done some things well. It would be a shame to just eliminate everything because of stupid, petty political nonsense. This also goes for the member of the Seoul City council who want to allow political protests in tourist areas in Seoul. What would that accomplish other than the destruction of the tourism industry? |
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goniff
Joined: 31 Dec 2007
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i was shocked when a korean girl i worked with who was from
"down country" told me that she had never visited seoul until she had left
university and was in her twenties
she seemed a bit overwhelmed by the whole experience of living in seoul! |
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