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Thailand to use game to promote tourism

Thailand’s Tourism and Sports Minister Sudawan Wangsuphakijkosol has announced that popular tourist destinations in secondary provinces in the country will be proposed as scenes in Gravity's hit mobile game Ragnarok Origin.
Thailand to use game to promote tourism ảnh 1Phra Nakhon Si Ayutthaya as it has beautiful places including World Heritage sites and a strong cultural identity.(Photo: Xinhua)

Bangkok (VNA) – Thailand’s Tourism and SportsMinister Sudawan Wangsuphakijkosol has announced that popular touristdestinations in secondary provinces in the country will be proposed as scenesin Gravity's hit mobile game Ragnarok Origin.

Sudawan said one of the provinces will be Phra Nakhon SiAyutthaya as it has beautiful places including World Heritage sites and astrong cultural identity.

Ragnarok Origin (ROO) is a mobile game and a sequel to theiconic multiplayer online role-playing game (MMORPG) Ragnarok Online (RO)created by Gravity – a game developer from the Republic of Korea. RO attractedmore than 50 million players worldwide during its peak.

Sudawan's remarks came after Prime Minister Srettha Thavisinrecently met the management of Gravity Game Tech, Gravity's wholly-ownedsubsidiary in Thailand, to listen to the company's plan to choose Thailand asone of the three countries that will have real places featured in the newversion of ROO due for release by the year's end.

Srettha asked the company to add the muay Thai shorts,headband and Thai war elephants as items in the game, a move that Sudawan saidwill help promote Thai cultural heritage.

The Thai minister added that the collaboration aims to attract millions ofgamers worldwide to spend their holidays in Thailand and see the physicalplaces that are promoted in the game./. 

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