Tongyeong City to Hold the 2nd Island Day Event Online on the 6th of Next Month

Poster for the 2nd Island Day Event.

[Asia Economy Yeongnam Reporting Headquarters Reporter Lee Sang-hyun] Tongyeong City in Gyeongnam announced on the 28th that it will hold the 2nd Island Day event for three days from August 6 at Tongyeong International Music Hall and Donam-dong Triathlon Square.

The Island Day event is held annually on August 8, following the revision of the 'Island Development Promotion Act' in March 2018 to widely raise awareness of the importance of islands and form a national consensus.

The first national commemorative ceremony for Island Day was held in Mokpo in 2019, and last year’s event was postponed due to COVID-19, with the 2nd event taking place this year.

This year’s event, under the theme "Island, Becoming a Rest," will be conducted as a non-face-to-face online event including a government commemorative ceremony, symposium, online island exhibition hall, and a special exhibition of island specialty products.

Island residents from across the country, the main participants of Island Day, will join the commemorative ceremony online, and interested citizens can watch it live via YouTube.

At the 'Online Island Exhibition Hall,' where visitors can experience representative islands of Korea, 42 islands nationwide can be viewed.

Also, from the 26th, a special exhibition of 90 types of island specialty products is being held on Naver Shopping, where these products can be purchased.

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