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Comment on whether tourism has been a culprit in commodifying cultures and traditions?

In my opinion, the answer is No because tourism is not the culprit of cmmodifying the cultures and traditons. Hence it will make tourism of the cultures and traditions more meaningful and uniqueness.


Thus, tourism should always put the culture and traditions as an authenticity where people will be able to be interested in other parts of the world culture and tradtions. Tourism will bring the culture and traditions in the long-term because it sustain it into the tourism.


Tourism will never be forgo into the culture and traditions as people who are fascinated into others culture and tradtions. As so, it will bring culture and traditions in depth more as more people are willing to learn different types of others cultures and tradition.


It able tourism to showcase more on culture and tradition to the people of theparts of the world.

Analyse the changes that have been brought about by the growth of tourism in the country?

The changes that have been brought to about by the growth of the tourism in the country is that Seoul has tremendously change over time because the city is huge and it is becoming to be the most popular city to visit for travel in the particular destinations.

Seoul has change that it has becoming more attractive as in tourism has shown their distinctiveness culture and traditional of Seoul. It is becoming more popular as people wanted to travel to Seoul the city of beautiful and must visit of the list.  

Disneylization in Seoul

Lotte World is the most important recreation complex in Seoul, South Korea. It features one of the world's largest indoor theme parks that set the Guinness World Record as it opened all year round. Its amusument park is called the "Magic Island."

The park is divided into indoor and outdoor section. For the inside, "Adventure Land" covers acres of streets that represents different countries, filled with hundreds of activities, entertainments, shops, restaurants and ongoing parades.

The outdoor, "Magic Island", with its fairy-tale castle, offers thrilling high-altitude rides, laser shows and pleasant walking trails around the lake. There is also an indoor ice-rink and a fascinating Folk Museum that complete with miniature villages.

Transport: Jamsil Subway Station (Line 2 and 8). Take exit 4 directly to the Lotte World.

Opening hours: Daily 9.30am to 11pm

Admission: Day pass:35,000 won (adults); 30,000 won (youths 13-18); 26,000 won (children under 12).Cheaper admission after 5pm. 

It is an artificial island that inside have a lake that linked by the monorail, shopping malls, a luxury hotel, a Korean folk museum, sports facilities and a movies theaters all in one place that visitors could enjoy have their luxury time in Lotte World in Seoul.

It opened on July 12, 1989, Lotte World receives over 8 million visitors each year and is considered along with Tokyo Disney Resort as one of the world-class theme parks in Asia. As it is located near the park, Seok-Chon Lake.

Seoul has become the world most popular cities to travel for people as one of their destinations. One of the Disneylization in Seoul is the Lotte World in Korea. This is the place where people enjoy the moment of their life end experience the beautiful scenery of the Lotte World in Korea.

It is one of the "must" visit when you are traveling to Korea. as the place looks like an indoor city within Seoul. Lotte World in Korea looks likes an indoor "Disneyland" amusement park where you can find everything in there. It is one unique and memento for those people who travel to Seoul to visit the Lotte World.

Lotte World is different by other amusement park as such as the Disneyland in Hong Kong or California. It creates the wants and needs of the people who visit the Lotte World in Korea. One of the best and be amazed by the dazzling and attractive theme parks in Lotte World.

It encompass of a folk museum, an amusement park, a sports center and a hotel all in inclusive in 3-in dimensions of facilities in Lotte World.

AMUSEMENT PARK

 Lotte World is the largest indoor amusement park in the world.  Roller coasters for the wild teenagers and tram rides for a relaxed ride. It also has shows throughout the day as well as characters in costumes walking around.

FOLK MUSEUM

Containing miniature representations of Korea's historic and rich culture.

SPORTS CENTER

Where you can enjoy a swimming pool, ice skating, workouts, ping pong and a bowling alley.

DEPARTMENT STORES 

Many specialty stores all in one place.

RESTAURANTS

Many restaurants with tables surrounding a grand open area where visitors can sit and watch ice skaters while they eat.

What is Seoul known as for?

Seoul is known as a city where you can shop till you drop. Seoul has been change over time and make people travel to Seoul with lots of things, activities, attractions, food, festivals, sports as Seoul is a place where you do not want to miss out for your traveling for your destinations.

Seoul is known as a city where you can get their significant main side dish that is Kimchi or Bibimbap. However, the city, Seoul has made a well known to the people that Kimchi is their very own traditional and significant dish that like no ther place of the world you can get the top and the greatest Kimchi in the world.

A city where you can shop at the most luxury shopping mall, traditional lifestyle such as traditional dress, residences, gardens or the budget where you can get the lowest prices for your shopping.

One of the main feature of the well known of Seoul is...

KIMCHI

This fermented food is common worldwide, but the special flavor of the fiery spice Kimchi is the truly unique to Korean people. The main Kimchi vegetables include radish, Korean cabbage and cucumber which are soaked in brine and mixed or stuffed with the seasonings that are made of red pepper powder, sliced green onions, crushed garlic, ginger and many types of seasoning and garnishing to add on to the Kimchi.

Kimchi ingredients and the way Kimchi is made are also different by the seasons. Kimchi as to the Korean people, are valued to the hearts of the Koreans and is much more than just another fermented food. Thus, Korean people will not imagine if there are no Kimchi in their everyday life food of their meals.

Basically, making a Kimchi must be skilled and be keen on to making Kimchi as it is one of their traditional food of their everyday life meals. The Korean people will never ever forget their side dish of their Kimchi because Korean people believed that Kimchi made their life complete in their meals.

Today, in Korea, there are even a Kimchi Museum of Korea where people will get to see the display on how the Kimchi is made, the cooking utensils, various kinds of Kimchi other related items of Kimchi. 

Hence, the Museum also provides a room tasting for visitors to try on the Kimchi. To let visitors to learn and get to explore more on the information and  history of Kimchi. To specialize Kimchi as one of their significant food in Korea.

 

Leisure Programmes in Seoul

There are various types of festivals and events in Seoul. People would come to Seoul to celebrate or enjoy the moment in Seoul with the various types of festivals and events they celebrated.

For the next two years, the campaign for the Visit Korea 2010-2012 has specify and listed the events and festivals in Korea. So as to let people observe and letting them  know the events and festivals that they can celebrate to it.

These are three events listed below:

 

WORLD DESIGN CAPITAL SEOUL 2010

It refers to a city that is able to enhance its citizens’ quality of life and develop its economy and culture via the utilization of superior designs. In order to highlight the importance of the design in the development of the economic, social and cultural life of cities, the Committee will host the International WDC Competition Biennale.

 

IAAF World Championships Daegu 2011

This events is a very peaceful of coexistence and wealth of the mainland that has been in the common of dream of all people's around the world.

EXPO 2012 YEOSU KOREA

It is a dream of all people's around the world to come as one united and it will be realized in the Yeosu in 2012. 

There are also various types of festivals that are coming up in the future in Seoul. As these are the festivals that will be held for the next two years in Seoul.

Jeju Olle Walking Festival

      Olle is a local Jeju dialect which originally used to refer to the narrow path between the street and one’s doorstep. Later, this word came to mean the series of coastal walking paths in Jeju-do Island.

6th Busan International Fireworks Festival

Since its first event held as a great multimedia marine show to celebrate the 2005 APEC Summit Meeting, the festival has grown into one of the largest fireworks shows in the region watched by over 1.3 million people every year.

Korea Food Festival

Ride the Korean Waves! Feast on Korean Flavors!
Festivals are everywhere in October in Jeonju, the land of style and arts. Welcome to Jeonju in October. 

Hallyu Dream Festival

The ‘Korean Wave’ is an inclusive term for all cultural products from Korea including fashion, performance, drama and cuisine. Starting in Japan, China and Vietnam, the Korean Wave is now spreading throughout the whole world.

World Peace Festival

Korea is the only divided country in the world. The Demilitarized Zone (DMZ) has emerged from the ashes of the Korean War and has now become a symbol of peace and life.

Environment Festival

The oil spill in Taean had reminded us of the enormous resources and efforts required to restore contaminated natural environment. Thanks to the joint effort by the government, municipal council and the general public, Taean is once again thriving with wild life.

There are also festivals in Seoul that people will be celebrating as these festivals are mainly on some occasions of the month in Seoul.

Seoul Festivals in 2010 / 2011

SEOLLAL

Lunar New Year's Day. An ancestral service that present before a ritual table and at ancestors' graves. New Year's greetings are when it is exchanged by family, relatives, friends and neighbors.

DAEBOREUM

This is the first in full moon of the year. From ranging the Silla period, people celebrated on the belief that the first full moon would ward off their evil spirits and bad lucks.

JUNGHWAJEOL

It is a day to celebrate the start of the farming seasons of the month.

SAMJINNAL

Migrant swallows return from the south in the spring.

HANSIK

It is also called Cheongmyeong. Visit to the ancestral graves. The use of the fire as it is not permitted and people eat cold food.

DANO

It is believed that the positive energy of heaven and earth is the strongest on this day. Prayers are made for a good harvest.

YUDU

It is to believed that eastward-flowing water creates positive energy, as people wash their hair in the streams that run in that direction.

CHILSEOK

It is a folk belief that the two love stars, Altair and Vega meet on this day on a bridge made by magipes over the Milky Way. The lovers; tears of joy and sadness result in rain.

BAEKJUNG

Baekjung refers to the procurement of different kinds of 100 grains and seeds in the middle of the hot summer. People offered the grains to Buddha and took a day off with food and games.

CHUSEOK

It also called the Hangawi, as this is the one of Korea's biggest holidays of the month. Giving thanks for the year's harvest, people offer their ancestors the season's freshest foods.

JUNGYANGIEOL

It is called the Junggu. On this particular day, people, the literatiin, enjoyed the feeling of autumn by admining chrysanthemums and painting and composing poems on the theme of autumn.

SEOTDAL GEUMEUM

This is on the New Year's Eve where people bid farewell to the old year with their ancestors.

Mode of Education of Seoul

In Korea, the education in South Korea is viewed in crucial for success and competition that is consequently that are very neatly heated and fierce. South Korea was the first country in the world to provide high-speed internet access from every primary, junior, and high school. 

The school year is divided into two semesters. The first begins in the beginning of March and ends in mid-July; the second begins in late August and ends in mid-February. They have summer vacation from mid-July to late August, and winter vacation from late-December to early February, and also take a short vacation from mid-February to March .

Korea has varieties of school as they have Kindergarten, the elementary school, secondary school, middle school and high school. Basically, their mode of education consists of different types of school and different types of holidays and schedules as they have numerous public holidays.

Education is highly valued in Korea and such subjects are the core subjects Mathematics, Science, Social Studies and English that are commonly important in Korea education. As for the Physical education is not as important for student in Korea.

  To Korean parents, entering a great university is an extremely proud accomplishment and therefore the competition is tough. There is a Korean saying that goes "Sleep five hours and fail, sleep four hours and pass".
In Korean education Corporal Punishment is acceptable.