Gwangju Dong-gu Selected for Base Art Travel Center Development Project Competition

[Asia Economy Honam Reporting Headquarters Reporter Park Seon-gang] Dong-gu, Gwangju Metropolitan City (Mayor Im Taek) announced on the 17th that it has been finally selected for the Gwangju Metropolitan City Base Art Travel Center Creation Support Project and secured a total project budget of 1.1 billion KRW.

The Base Art Travel Center Support Project, promoted as part of the Gwangju Asia Art Tourism Hub City Development Project, is a project that promotes the establishment of art tourism hubs by remodeling and supporting the operation of public and private idle spaces within major art tourism visit zones.

This contest was held under the theme "Freedom for Anyone to Challenge through Art! Youth × Business," and was finally selected as a startup center for nurturing art tourism planning personnel.

The district will receive 800 million KRW in creation support funds to remodel and complete the remodeling of idle spaces (518㎡) on the 3rd and 4th floors of the Miro Center by the end of this year, and from next year until 2023, it plans to operate various programs for regional tourism promotion with an annual support of 100 million KRW for three years.

The Dong-gu Base Art Travel Center is planned to be established as a multipurpose space including ▲tourism startup incubating space ▲community space and promotional hall ▲art tourism academy classrooms and various art performance venues.

In the future, it will lead regional tourism growth as a regional tourism promotion organization (DMO) for ▲supporting art tourism venture companies ▲art tourism venture academy education ▲domestic and international promotion and market development support for art tourism companies ▲and regional-led tourism expansion.

The district plans to contribute to revitalizing regional tourism and creating local jobs by linking the unique ideas and concepts of art tourism venture companies to actual startups and establishing a collaborative system connecting local governments, regional companies, industry-academic cooperation centers, and universities.

Im Taek, Mayor of Dong-gu, said, "We will systematically nurture art and tourism planning personnel to promote tourism projects by establishing an art tourism platform," and added, "Dong-gu will spare no support to ensure that it serves as a hub for cultural and artistic activities centered around the Culture Complex area and is linked to job creation."

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