I've been watching with dismay the KBS World video footage of the Mount Umyeon ( in the southern part of Seoul) landslide, abandoned cars on flooded city roads and the sorry sight residents bailing out water again and again from their denuded homes after floodwaters played cat and mouse with municipal pumps. While I was glad that I wasn't stranded in Seoul this week, I wondered how independent tourists who don't understand Korean are coping with the disruptions in the capital and elsewhere in the country.
There was no mention of the major traffic jams on the KNTO website and the updates on its Twitter account were not very helpful. May I suggest that you post details such as which bus routes, subway
stations and blocked roads people should avoid so there's less likelihood of visitors getting caught in some traffic snarl or worse, being trapped by the rising floodwaters?
I think such updates via Twitter or your website to inform tourists who can't follow media reports in Korean or Hangul would be more useful than suggestions as to which indoor attractions to visit during the rainy season. Not much point recommending that I check out XYZ museum when I can't even board a bus or subway train to get there, is there?
I'd also hate for you to have to do this. If the speculation published by The Korea Times turns out to be true, you'd have to rethink your marketing strategy of selling Korea's temperate seasonal beauty. If indeed the climate in your country is becoming sub-tropical, I'd suggest you promote the maple and spring seasons with a greater sense of urgency.
Sincerely,
ajumma
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source:
http://newsinfo.inquirer.net/32319/rains-mudslides-submerge-south-korean-capital-kill-36
http://www.koreatimes.co.kr/www/news/nation/2011/07/117_91824.html
http://english.chosun.com/site/data/html_dir/2009/09/07/2009090700328.html
