YOUTUBE, HALLYU AND TRAVEL

Welcome to Press Perspective.

It's Friday May 2nd and time for our talk.. on a host of headlines related to social and entertainment news.

For this I have writer Colin Marshall here in the studio.

Colin welcome back.

I also have Marianna Baroli a journalist for the weekly Italian news magazine Panorama.

Marianna it's a pleasure.

1) Colin, YouTube turned twenty this year, and Psy's Gangnam Style as well as Pinkfong's VERSION of Baby Shark were listed among the biggest moments of its history. Do tell us more.

2) And Marianna, what can you tell us about the role played by YouTube in promoting Hallyu or the Korean Wave on the global stage?

3) Colin, YouTube appears to have strengthened its status as THE platform for content creators. What are your thoughts regarding this reality?

4) Marianna, YouTube's "auto-translate" feature can translate captions into the language of your choice. What does this mean for non-English content including that from Korea?

5) Marianna, in recent times, there have tangible signs that China is slowly embracing Hallyu again. What more can you add?

6) Colin, moving forward. Starting tomorrow, we are looking ahead to a long weekend in celebration of Children's Day and Buddha's Birthday. Initially, there was talk about designating today, that is Friday, a temporary holiday to boost travel and leisure activities in hopes of bolstering domestic consumption. However, this idea was scrapped as findings showed Koreans opting for foreign destinations rather than domestic locations. What do you believe is discouraging Koreans from travel within borders?

7) And Marianna, while Koreans choose to venture overseas for their holidays, many foreign travelers from neighboring countries have made their way here. What appear to be their expectations about Korea prior to their trip here, and what accounts for a significant portion of their spending here??

8) Colin, in contrast, what are the aspects that need to be addressed to better accommodate our foreign guests?

All right.