What is ? MY Travel is an application for android. This app allows foreign tourists to get daily issues or events in Seoul. Also, they can personalize the travel list and get the information about each one with just one click.

Who is the user? Foreign Tourists coming to Seoul

What does the user need? The user who is a foreign tourist coming to Seoul needs real-time information which is not available on books, such as current issues, events and festivals. Moreover, as a tourist, it is complicated to find tourist information whenever they visit places. This app could ease the difficulty by allowing them to personalize their own lists and look up the information with one click, as well as the real-time information about Seoul.

3 features of this app Daily information When you open the app, you can see daily information right away. You can see the weather, daily issues & events, and personal travel list on main page. Calendar You can also look on current information of Seoul and your travel schedule using calendar. By using calendar, you can manage your trip schedule more easily. Map While traveling Seoul, you can not only find where you are at the moment, but also you can look up the location of places you are going to visit on certain day based on your personalized travel list.

What makes it stand out Use Real-Time Data This app provides real-time data which is unavailable through travel books. Tourists can also be integrated into Korean society and culture more easily with information about what is going on in Seoul. Feel Personal Unlike other common travel application, this app can be managed personal. The users can make their own travel lists. They can also mark their favorite information, which will show on the calendar. Make it Simple This app contains few important features necessary to the users, which could make it less complex. It has only three menus: Seoul Today, My Today and Map. Furthermore, the main page shows daily information right away, so the user does not have to click several time to view this.

The flows of this app

Main Page Current weather of Seoul If you touch the triangle on the down-left, you can see more detail info. Date Seoul Today It provides daily issue, events and festivals in Seoul My Today It shows where you are going to visit or what you are going to do today If you touch it, you can see the further information. Menu Edit the list of My Today

Seoul Today Daily issues and events You can see the list of issues, events and festivals going on that day you choose on the calendar. Also, if you click on the triangle on the right side, you can see further information. Check it as ‘Favorite’ If you check it as ‘Favorite’, it will appear on the calendar. Favorite If you check an issue or event as ‘Favorite’, it will appear here as a star shape icon. * The information of this app is from the official website of Seoul.

Brief schedule You can see the number of your schedules on that day. It shows the categories ‘T’ stands for ‘Tourist place’ ‘R’ stands for ‘Restaurant’ ‘E’ stands for ‘Etc.’ Help You can see what all the icons stand for. Your travel list You can manage it by adding or editing schedules. If you click on the triangle button on the right, you can see further information. Edit You can add or edit the schedules. My Today

Map Select a date You can select a date and see which places you are going to Visit on that day. Current location Places you planned to visit These are the places you are going to visit on that day. Search a site Menu * To get more information about the menu, click here

1. Get direction : You can get the direction between two places. When you select each ‘Start’ and ‘End’, it shows several ways to get there by walking, public transportation and car. You can also get the amount of time and distance to get there. 2. See subway map only : You can see subway map only. 3. Add a new mark : Besides already marked places that you added, you can mark more places. 4. Edit or delete the mark : Even though you added certain places to your ‘My Today’ list, there are some you do not want to see in this map. By using this menu, you can delete the mark. You can even move the mark. Menu of Map

What is going to happen in the future? In the future, people will not need any travel schedule book and travel diary since it could cover all. It will act like a GPS navigation showing the next place you are going to visit. You will no longer keep all the heavy travel books such as ‘lonely planet’. You will be able to travel light, feel simple.