Korean travelers perusing the masterpieces at the Louvre Museum in Paris can now have the finer details of the works explained to them in their own tongue.The Louvre said that it would begin a Korean-language edition of its multimedia guide service in a press meeting on Tuesday, French time. The guides are available in seven languages, with Korean being the second Asian language to have been added, after Japanese.The guide is a portable device that displays video images of 600 main artworks displayed in the museum, along with audio explanation.The museum has 1,300 of the gadgets, each of which is available for rent at 6 euros (8,243 won). The Louvre attracts 8.3 million visitors a year, including 80,000 Koreans. The museum included the Korean language service because Korean Air Lines has been an official sponsor of the guide for six years. By Jeon Jin-bae JoongAng Ilbo [jbiz91@joongang.co.kr]
Wednesday, March 5, 2008
The Louvre adds Korean guide service
February 14, 2008
Korean travelers perusing the masterpieces at the Louvre Museum in Paris can now have the finer details of the works explained to them in their own tongue.The Louvre said that it would begin a Korean-language edition of its multimedia guide service in a press meeting on Tuesday, French time. The guides are available in seven languages, with Korean being the second Asian language to have been added, after Japanese.The guide is a portable device that displays video images of 600 main artworks displayed in the museum, along with audio explanation.The museum has 1,300 of the gadgets, each of which is available for rent at 6 euros (8,243 won). The Louvre attracts 8.3 million visitors a year, including 80,000 Koreans. The museum included the Korean language service because Korean Air Lines has been an official sponsor of the guide for six years. By Jeon Jin-bae JoongAng Ilbo [jbiz91@joongang.co.kr]
Korean travelers perusing the masterpieces at the Louvre Museum in Paris can now have the finer details of the works explained to them in their own tongue.The Louvre said that it would begin a Korean-language edition of its multimedia guide service in a press meeting on Tuesday, French time. The guides are available in seven languages, with Korean being the second Asian language to have been added, after Japanese.The guide is a portable device that displays video images of 600 main artworks displayed in the museum, along with audio explanation.The museum has 1,300 of the gadgets, each of which is available for rent at 6 euros (8,243 won). The Louvre attracts 8.3 million visitors a year, including 80,000 Koreans. The museum included the Korean language service because Korean Air Lines has been an official sponsor of the guide for six years. By Jeon Jin-bae JoongAng Ilbo [jbiz91@joongang.co.kr]
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Good job! Korean air. when I visited a museum loacated in other countries, I used to feel sorry cuz there's no Korean though there were Japanese and Chinese
It's good idea not only the Korean could listen explanation but also it represents,advertises the value of Korean
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