Gyeonggi Tourism Organization Completes Training for 31 Cities and Counties... Accelerates Digitalization of Tourism Resources

[Asia Economy (Suwon) = Reporter Lee Young-gyu] The Gyeonggi Tourism Organization has completed a series of collaborative workshops with 31 cities and counties in the province to revitalize the local tourism industry, which has been stagnant due to COVID-19.

The Gyeonggi Tourism Organization announced on the 14th that the workshops, which began on March 4th in Pocheon and Guri, and covered topics such as overcoming the crisis in the local tourism industry, building tourism big data for cities and counties, establishing a digital tourism platform, and addressing regional tourism issues, concluded on the 10th of this month in Siheung.

During the workshops, most local governments expressed that while digitalization of tourism is a task for the cities and counties, they have been hesitant to undertake it. However, they stated that if the province actively promotes it, it would be a great help from the perspective of the cities and counties, and they are willing to provide budget support if necessary.

Accordingly, the Gyeonggi Tourism Organization plans to collect and analyze 15 years of tourism policies and public data from the 31 cities and counties in the province to build an online service that anyone can easily access. They are also planning a memorandum of understanding to jointly promote the digital platform project by dividing roles among institutions.

In particular, they plan to receive recommended tourism stories from the cities and counties, review their development potential, and then create storytelling-type content to establish landmarks unique to each city and county.

President Yoo Dong-gyu emphasized, "Digitalization of tourism has become an unavoidable task due to COVID-19," adding, "With the help of the 31 cities and counties in the province, we will promote the digitalization of tourism resources to become the best in the nation."

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