Yoon Hye-young, Gwangsan District Councilor in Gwangju, Receives Excellence Award at 'Grassroots Legislative Awards'

Recognition for Efforts in Creating Barrier-Free Tourism Environments

[Asia Economy Honam Reporting Headquarters Reporter Yoon Jamin] Yoon Hyeyoung, a member of the Gwangsan District Council in Gwangju Metropolitan City, was recognized for her active legislative activities.

According to the Gwangsan District Council on the 8th, Councilor Yoon received the Excellence Award in the welfare category at the 2021 Grassroots Legislative Awards hosted by the Local Autonomy Development Institute.

The 2021 Grassroots Legislative Awards are given to metropolitan and local council members nationwide, selected based on their legislative achievements over the past three years in welfare, legislation, cooperation, innovation, and environmental fields. A total of 63 council members were named as awardees.

Councilor Yoon was recognized for her efforts in the council research group activities aimed at realizing a barrier-free city in Gwangsan, as well as for promoting mobility convenience and guaranteeing walking rights for transportation-vulnerable groups such as the disabled and the elderly, and for creating a barrier-free tourism environment.

She served as the lead council member of the Gwangsan-type Barrier-Free City Council Research Group, a council research group of the Gwangsan District Council, and led the declaration of Barrier-Free Gwangsan as well as the first-ever Barrier-Free City Gwangsan resolution rally and campaign among the five districts.

In March of this year, Councilor Yoon took the lead in proposing the “Ordinance on Creating and Supporting a Barrier-Free Tourism Environment for Tourism Vulnerable Groups” and held a briefing session prior to the ordinance proposal to share the necessity of creating a barrier-free tourism environment.

Moreover, she carried out projects to remove walking obstacles in multi-use facilities, continuously communicated with relevant officials to secure related budgets, and achieved practical results such as reflecting content policies for establishing a barrier-free tourism foundation in the 2021 Gwangsan District Comprehensive Tourism Development Plan.

Councilor Yoon said, “I am very honored and grateful to receive this award,” and added, “I will strive to create a barrier-free tourism environment accompanied by improved awareness of tourism vulnerable groups.”

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