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QR codes in Wales help visitors with place name pronunciation

01/07/201401/04/2014 L. Green

These quick response codes also allow smartphone users to figure out how to say phrases and words in Welsh. Visitors to Wales have always loved to see the stunning sites and locations throughout the region, but have traditionally struggled with pronunciations – that is, until they had new QR codes to scan and guide them in the right direction. This very simple to use mobile device technology makes visitors a scan away from knowing how to say site names. A new tourism program has been implemented in Wales that uses…

QR codes used for active learning travel workbook in South Korea

08/21/201308/19/2013 Julie Campbell

Breeze & Bridge has announced the creation of a new smartphone and tablet friendly education experience. Breeze & Bridge Co. Ltd. has just announced the upcoming launch of its active learning travel workbook in South Korea that uses QR codes to enhance the educational experience that will become available this week. The release of this latest workbook follows three months after another success with the barcodes. The new product edition will become available on August 23, three months after the first launch of their QR’s Jolly – Gyeongju, which successfully…

QR codes in Seoul sidewalks and subways provide visitor assistance

02/16/201302/14/2013 Sam Lambert

These South Korean quick response barcodes provide help such as a handy guide to the commuter trains. The city of Seoul, South Korea is using mobile technology in the form of QR codes in order to make itself more friendly to tourists, who can now use their smartphones and tablets to obtain visitor information such as the most recent subway guide. These barcodes were already being added to the now hyper famous neighborhood of Gangnam. The QR codes from the neighborhood made globally recognizable by PSY’s tremendously famous song are…

QR codes popular on Southern Tasmanian fruit farm

11/24/201211/22/2012 Julie Campbell

Visitors to the grower’s location can use their smartphones to spot the ripest and sweetest produce. Sorell Fruit Farm, located in Southern Tasmania, has added a unique new mobile twist to its farm tourism through the use of QR codes that are located among all of the rows. Each row of fruit boasts a quick response barcode that can be scanned by visitors with smartphones. The idea came from the farm’s Bob Hardy. It allows visitors with a scanner application on their smartphones to scan the QR codes to obtain…

QR codes used to help visitors to explore the architecture of Tampa

10/03/201210/03/2012 Julie Campbell

Tourists and locals can explore the city with more information available to them. On October 5, AIA Tampa Bay is hosting a walking tour led by architects, that highlights the unique architecture in the city, through the use of QR codes to provide information. The tour will run from noon to 1pm and will point out five to six of the top buildings in the city. The tour will begin at Lykes Gaslight Square Park, which is located in the downtown area of the city. It will focus on the…