[Travel & Leisure News] Cheollipo Arboretum Opens First Private Arboretum Specialized Plant Library

[Asia Economy Reporter Cho Yong-jun, Travel Specialist]◇Chungnam Taean Cheollipo Arboretum has opened the first-ever plant-specialized library in a private arboretum to commemorate the 100th anniversary of the birth of founder Min Byeong-gal.

Located on the first floor of the Eco Healing Center, the 'Min Byeong-gal Plant Library' consists of a preservation archive, a plant-specialized archive, and a reading space. The collection currently holds about 17,000 volumes, including plant-specialized books, reading books, and valuable books from founder Min Byeong-gal.

Founder Min Byeong-gal left numerous materials at Cheollipo Arboretum, including books, photos, tapes, and records collected through direct exchanges with arboretums and botanical societies overseas.

The arboretum explained, "The Min Byeong-gal Plant Library serves as a place to assist academic research for experts in the plant field and as a space where general visitors can obtain plant information and experience reading culture."

The Min Byeong-gal Plant Library operates from 9 a.m. to 6 p.m. on weekdays. The reading space allows free reading and book borrowing, but the preservation archive can be accessed only with prior permission and when accompanied by staff.

◇The 36th Seoul International Tourism Fair (SITF 2021) will be held from the 24th to the 27th at COEX Hall C in Samseong-dong, Seoul, with participation from over 40 countries.

Prepared to provide safe and eco-friendly travel information in the With-Corona era, this fair is expected to attract great interest from tourists preparing for summer vacations as overseas travel resumes with vaccination and expectations for domestic travel rise.

The Seoul International Tourism Fair boasts 36 years of history as the largest and only comprehensive tourism fair in Korea. It consists of a domestic tourism promotion hall introducing safe travel destinations across Korea, an overseas tourism promotion hall, an online B2B travel mart to activate inbound tourism, and a B2B business briefing session to promote domestic tourism. Additionally, various side events such as travel talk shows and tourism briefings will be held.

Park Kang-seop, CEO of KOTFA, stated, "We hope the tourism industry, which has been depressed due to COVID-19, will recover through the hosting of this Seoul International Tourism Fair," adding, "We have prepared the fair to help restore travel sentiment and revitalize the regional economy with diverse domestic and international tourism content leading the With-Corona and Post-Corona eras."

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