Haenam-gun Wins Excellence Event Award at 2020 Honam International Tourism Expo
Haenam Promotion with Mascots Ttangkkeut-i and Huimang-i Receives Positive Response
Haenam County won the Excellent Event Award at the 2020 Honam International Tourism Expo held at the Gwangju Kim Dae-jung Convention Center. (Photo by Haenam County)
View original image[Asia Economy Honam Reporting Headquarters Reporter Kim Hyun] Haenam County, Jeollanam-do announced on the 26th that it won the Excellent Event Award at the 2020 Honam International Tourism Expo held for three days from the 23rd to the 25th at the Gwangju Kim Dae-jung Convention Center.
Through the expo, the county conveyed useful information such as non-face-to-face tourism reflecting the tourism trends changed by COVID-19, Haenam city tour bus, incentives for group and MICE attraction, and carried out various tourism marketing activities with Haenam mascot Ddangkkeuti and Heemangi, receiving great responses from visitors.
This expo was held with the participation of 35 local governments and over 80 tourism industry companies, operating domestic tourism promotion halls, overseas tourism promotion halls, World Food Festival, local specialty product halls, and travel product halls. Through each promotion hall, visitors could get an overview of each local government's tourism, including representative travel destinations, local food, and experiences.
A county official said, “With the tourism industry greatly shrinking this year due to COVID-19, we are pleased to actively promote Haenam as a safe healing travel destination and achieve good results by winning the Excellent Event Award. We are making efforts to develop and operate customized travel products that meet the demands of individual tourists who want various fields such as trekking, camping, and ecology, and we hope people can visit Haenam.”
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This expo was hosted and organized by the Honam International Tourism Expo Organizing Committee, Namdo Ilbo, and Gwangju Metropolitan City Tourism Association, and supported by the Ministry of Culture, Sports and Tourism, Gwangju Metropolitan City, Jeollanam-do, and the Korea Tourism Association Central Council.
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