Gwangju Dong-gu Selected as Korea's Best 'Cultural Heritage Night Tour'
[Asia Economy Honam Reporting Headquarters Reporter Park Seon-gang] Dong-gu, Gwangju Metropolitan City (Mayor Im Taek) has achieved the great feat of being selected as Korea's best 'Cultural Heritage Night Tour.'
On the 11th, Dong-gu announced that its cultural heritage night tour program, 'Dong-gu Dalbit Georeum,' was selected as Korea's representative cultural heritage night tour program in the '2020 Regional Cultural Heritage Utilization Excellence Project' hosted by the Cultural Heritage Administration and received the Administrator Award of the Cultural Heritage Administration.
In the field of cultural heritage night tours, among 36 autonomous districts nationwide, Dong-gu in Gwangju, Suwon City, and Suncheon City were selected.
'Dong-gu Dalbit Georeum' was selected as an excellent regional cultural heritage utilization project by planning and operating the nation's first online night tour despite the impact of COVID-19.
Since 2017, Dong-gu Cultural Heritage Night Tour has been selected for the public contest project for four consecutive years. This year, it also planned to conduct nighttime cultural enjoyment and experience programs centered around the former Jeonnam Provincial Office, Seoseok Elementary School, and the ruins of Gwangju Eupseong.
However, due to the prolonged COVID-19 pandemic and its spread, it was converted into an online night tour for the first time nationwide, broadcasting various non-face-to-face exhibitions and online viewing programs such as cultural heritage VR tours, nighttime landscape creation, master craftsmen YouTube uploads, humanities salons, and SNS events online.
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Im Taek, Mayor of Dong-gu, said, "I am pleased that the nighttime cultural heritage tourism program utilizing Dong-gu's rich cultural heritage was selected as an excellent cultural festival," adding, "We will continue to provide residents with safe and diverse opportunities to enjoy culture and arts through proactive changes in cultural and artistic viewing methods in response to the COVID-19 daily life era."
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