Gyeonggi-do Selects 17 Optimal 'MICE' Venues Including Korean Folk Village

[Asia Economy (Suwon) = Reporter Lee Young-gyu] Gyeonggi Province has selected 17 MICE (Meetings, Incentives, Conventions, Exhibitions) event venues within the province that possess unique charm and characteristics.

MICE is an acronym derived from the initial letters of Meeting, Incentives, Convention, and Exhibition.

On the 30th, Gyeonggi Province announced that it had selected 17 unique regional meeting venues called 'Gyeonggi Unique Venues,' which are distinctive locations where visitors can experience the unique atmosphere or special charm of exhibition complex industry event areas, rather than traditional meeting facilities such as convention centers or hotels.

The selected venues are ▲ Asia Publishing Culture Information Center (Paju) ▲ Korean Folk Village (Yongin) ▲ Suwon Traditional Culture Center (Suwon) ▲ Herb Island (Pocheon) ▲ Shingu University Botanical Garden (Seongnam) ▲ The Hill House (Yangpyeong) ▲ Petite France (Gapyeong) ▲ Art Bunker B39 (Bucheon) ▲ Midas Hotel & Resort (Gapyeong) ▲ Hyundai Motorstudio Goyang (Goyang) ▲ One Mount (Goyang) ▲ Gwangmyeong Cave (Gwangmyeong) ▲ Gimpo Hyundai Cruise (Gimpo) ▲ Everland Resort (Yongin) ▲ DMZ Ecotourism Support Center (Paju) ▲ Camp Greaves Youth Hostel (Paju) ▲ Namyang Holy Mother Shrine (Hwaseong).

Since April, the province received recommendations for 37 unique venue candidates from cities and counties within the province. They reviewed evaluation indicators such as infrastructure, attributes, accessibility, management capabilities, marketing, and efforts toward sustainability, and finalized the selection through on-site inspections by a joint evaluation team composed of academics and MICE experts.

The province plans to produce content (promotional videos, brochures, etc.) for these facilities and conduct extensive promotion. They will also provide active support.

Choi Yong-hoon, Director of the Tourism Division of the province, explained, "By selecting 'Gyeonggi Unique Venues,' where Gyeonggi Province's distinctive atmosphere and the uniqueness of the venues coexist, we aim to enhance the competitiveness of Gyeonggi's MICE sector and attract meetings of various scales."

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