In order to help Paralympians and visitors with disabilities, Gangwon-do Province is offering various facilities and services to make things easier for guests. <br />Our Cha Sang-mi reports from PyeongChang. <br /> There's just a few more days until the end of the PyeongChang 2018 Winter Paralympics.<br />But the venues are still crowded with visitors who are here to watch the Games or tour around the Olympic Plaza.<br />And the organizers have made sure those places are accessible for visitors with disabilities.<br /><br /> “At the Pyeongchang 2018 Winter Paralympics, there’s a range of facilities and services for athletes and visitors with disabilities. The sign language translation service is one such service aimed at helping the participants."<br /><br /> This phone comes with a small screen that allows the receiver to see the caller.<br />Interpreters at this center provide a remote Korean sign language translation service for any athletes or visitors who need it, so that they can ask for directions and find out the games schedule or transport information.<br /> The interpreters are on standby from 10 a.m. to 10 p.m. every day to help interpret communication between the visitors and help desk staff on-site.<br /><br /> Apart from the remote sign language translation services,... more than dozen interpreters are actually working on-site, providing direct services to those in need of a hand.<br /><br /> "I currently provide sign language translation services here at PyeongChang Olympic Plaza for those with hearing impairments. I help them with directions to and from Paralympic Games venues."<br /><br />Transportation is also visitor-friendly.<br /> Ordinary Seoul buses have been remodeled to cater to visitors with wheelchairs, providing them with enough space so they can safely travel around the venues.<br /><br /> "We have also arranged volunteer services for individual visitors with disabilities, so that the volunteers can accompany them from the moment they get off the shuttle bus."<br /><br /> A wide range of facilities for the handicapped have also been expanded around the Paralympic venues.<br /><br /> "Wheelchair users can use accessibility ramps to enter buildings like this souvenir shop."<br /><br />Braille blocks and handicapped restrooms have also been added throughout the PyeongChang area to help visitors.<br /><br /> "Just in time for the Paralympics, our shopping arcade prepared several facilities for both the general public and for people with disabilities."<br /><br /> With more facilities and services added for the Paralympics, the mountainous counties of Gangwon-do have become a friendly environment for anyone who wants to visit... even after the Games.<br />Cha Sang-mi, Arirang News, PyeongChang. <br />
