Korea tourism recruits bloggers

The Korea Tourism Organization is looking for 100 international bloggers who can cover the topic of Korean culture and travel. The application is open from Jun 15 to Aug. 31. The project is collaboration with the Voluntary Agency Network of Korea.

The event titled "Blog Korea! Visit Korea!" will review blogs on Korea written in a variety of foreign languages (English, Chinese, Japanese, German, French, Spanish and Russian) and choose the best 100 that show great interest in Korea as well as receive a high number of visitor "hits."

Top five bloggers will each receive $500 worth netbook, 10 runner-ups digital cameras while the remaining 80 bloggers, MP3 players. Top 30 bloggers will also be invited to a special camping trip in Korea in October.

The project will continue through next year, when KTO will select in May three bloggers who continue to show good performance on covering Korea and give out vacation package worth up to $10,000. To take part in the event, visit KTO at http://english.visitkorea.or.kr or VANK`s blog www.prkorea.com/metablogen

(angiely@heraldm.com)