Guri-si Successfully Concludes the 9th Gyeonggi Garden Culture Expo... 50,000 Online Visitors

New Vision for Exhibitions in the Untact Era

'The 9th Gyeonggi Garden Culture Expo' Closing Ceremony [Guri City]

[Asia Economy Reporter Ra Young-cheol] Despite the nationwide spread of COVID-19, the 9th Gyeonggi Garden Culture Expo held in Guri-si, Gyeonggi Province, successfully closed with an accumulated online visitor count of over 50,000.

Guri-si stated on the 25th, "Through 23 videos and photos documenting garden, education, and cultural content at this expo, we presented a new expo paradigm where gardens can be vividly enjoyed in the virtual world even in the era of non-face-to-face interaction."

The online expo introduced ▲expo theme videos ▲designer garden artist commentary videos ▲citizen gardens, lifestyle gardens, university student garden sketch videos ▲garden stories with experts, and mini garden making educational videos.

In addition, ▲garden concerts, sand art animation cultural videos ▲author narration videos (V-log) with gardens also received positive responses from visitors.

The videos can be viewed on the YouTube channel 'Guri 9th Gyeonggi Garden Culture Expo' even after the expo's closing.

The city plans to utilize the designer gardens, some lifestyle gardens, and citizen gardens created in Jangja Lake Ecological Park as green infrastructure to improve citizens' quality of life.

Mayor Ahn Seung-nam said, "I am pleased that we could achieve results through a new alternative of an online expo at Jangja Lake Ecological Park, the 'Ddeul' (yard) of Guri-si, and based on the experience of hosting this garden culture expo, we will develop Guri-si into a brand as a 'garden city.'"

This content was produced with the assistance of AI translation services.