3500 Chinese Teenagers to Visit on School Trips... Largest Number in 3 Years
Elementary and Middle School Students to Visit Korea Seven Times by Early Next Month
Group of Chinese-speaking students on a school trip visiting Korea in 2018
Photo by Korea Tourism Organization
[Asia Economy Reporter Kim Heung-soon] A total of 3,500 elementary and middle school students from China will visit South Korea on school trips.
The Korea Tourism Organization announced on the 13th that Chinese group tourists from various regions, including the Huadong area, are scheduled to visit South Korea on school trips in seven rounds by early next month. This is the largest single school trip group in the past three years.
The participating students are mainly elementary and middle school students. They will visit elementary and middle schools in Seoul, Incheon, and Daegu over a 4-night, 5-day schedule to interact with Korean students, experience Korean food culture such as Tteokguk, Dolsot Bibimbap, and Bulgogi, enjoy ski lessons, and watch performances. The Tourism Organization, together with the National Museum of Korea, has also prepared a museum visit program that includes quiz events for the participating youth.
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This school trip group was recruited through cooperation between the Korea Tourism Organization's Shanghai office and the Jiangsu Cultural and Tourism International Exchange Center in China. Last year, the number of youth visitors from the Chinese region exceeded 20,000, approximately doubling compared to 2018. Jin Jong-hwa, head of the China team at the Tourism Organization, said, "School trip groups are part of learning activities where young students directly understand the host country through tourism, and it is meaningful in strengthening exchanges and the future between Korea and China." He added, "We hope this visit will serve as an opportunity to achieve 20 million foreign tourists and to activate human exchanges between the two countries."
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