Ministry of Culture, Sports and Tourism Holds Forum on 'Top 10 Themed Travel Destinations in Korea'

[Asia Economy Reporter Donghyun Choi] The Ministry of Culture, Sports and Tourism announced on the 25th that it will hold the '2021 Korea Theme Travel Top 10 Forum' at 1:30 PM on the 27th at the Millennium Hilton Hotel in Seoul, in collaboration with the Korea Tourism Development Institute.

Since 2017, the Ministry has been promoting the 'Korea Theme Travel Top 10' project. The core of the project is selecting 39 local governments and grouping them into 10 themed regions to support the establishment of tourism infrastructure and the linkage of tourism resources in order to revitalize domestic tourism.

At this forum, under the theme of 'Linkage, Cooperation, and Future of the Theme Travel Top 10,' the achievements of the project ending this year will be summarized, and future strategies for the resumption of regional tourism after COVID-19 will be explored.

In Part 1, planning teams, local government officials, and regional travel agencies participating in the project will present the sectoral achievements of the 'Theme Travel Top 10' from their on-site perspectives.

In Part 2, Seokchan Yoon, Senior Technical Evangelist at Amazon Web Services, will present 'Innovation Cases in the Travel Industry through Cloud Technology Overcoming COVID-19,' covering the latest technology trends and ways to revitalize domestic tourism using intelligent tourism.

In Part 3, Jangsang Ki, head of the Jeju-type Regional Tourism Promotion Organization (DMO), will present 'Can the Jeju-type Regional Tourism Promotion Organization Become the Future of Local Business?' followed by discussions on restoring the regional tourism ecosystem and ways to resume regional tourism.

A Ministry of Culture, Sports and Tourism official stated, "As the 'Korea Theme Travel Top 10' project ends this year, we hope to share meaningful implications at this forum," adding, "We hope to consider the roles and tasks of each participant so that the tourism resources and networks discovered through the 'Korea Theme Travel Top 10' can continue to be utilized even after the project concludes."

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