What Are Tourism Policies After COVID-19?… Ministry of Culture, Sports and Tourism to Hold Online Forum on the 29th

[Asia Economy Reporter Kim Heung-soon] The Ministry of Culture, Sports and Tourism announced on the 27th that it will hold an online forum on the 29th at 2 p.m. to discuss tourism policies after the novel coronavirus infection (COVID-19), in collaboration with the Korea Culture and Tourism Institute and the Korean Tourism Association.

In this forum, experts from various fields around the world will be connected online to forecast changes in the tourism market due to COVID-19 and to prepare proactive tourism policies and response strategies according to environmental changes. The event will be broadcast live on YouTube and the Korea Culture and Tourism Institute’s Facebook page.

Professor Jeon Gye-seong from Hong Kong Polytechnic University will present on the topic "The Direction of Tourism in the Post-COVID-19 and New Normal Era," and Mr. Hwang Hae-guk, Director of the Asia-Pacific Regional Office of the World Tourism Organization in Spain, will give the first session presentation titled "Changes and Prospects of the Global Tourism Market after COVID-19." Following them, Do-hoon Ha, Head of the Data Business Task Force (TF) at SK Telecom, Ki-han Song, Director of the Korea Transport Institute, and Jong-yoon Kim, Vice President of Yanolja, will participate as panelists.

In the second session, Kyung-eun Choi, Research Fellow at the Korea Culture and Tourism Institute, will present on "Tourism Policy Directions to Overcome COVID-19." Then, Bo-geun Choi, Director of the Tourism Policy Bureau at the Ministry of Culture, Sports and Tourism, Hoon Lee, Senior Vice President of the Korean Tourism Association (Professor at Hanyang University’s Department of Tourism), and Da-young Kim, CEO of Hitchhiker and author of "The Future of Travel," will engage in a discussion.

The forum is open to anyone through the online live broadcast channels. Real-time questions are possible, and participants can also register questions they have been curious about in advance. For more details, please contact the Korea Culture and Tourism Institute.

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