The Korea Times
"Even though I could not dig up many clams, the mudflat touched me and the mud touched me ... those feelings were very good," said Yang Hyung-keun, 66. "For people like us with visual impairments, touch is the most important of the five senses, and this was my first time touching a mudflat." Yang spoke in an excited voice after joining fellow members with visual impairments on a mudflat trip in May, which the government designated as a maritime tourism month. He said he travels with the group at least six or seven times a year, but this was his first visit to a mudflat. For Yang, who has low vision, the soft mud — which even people with full vision can struggle to cross — had long felt impossible to enter. He loves the sea enough to name a sandy beach in Tongyeong, South Gyeongsang Province, as his favorite travel destination, but mudflats had remained a barrier. Barrier-free travel made the trip possible. The Korea Tourism Organization (KTO)'s Gyeonggi-Incheon branch prepared the outing with an accessible travel operator. The Hankook Ilbo accompanied members of the Geumcheon-gu bra
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