Officials from Tourism Departments of Developing Countries Tour Major Tourist Attractions in Sinan-gun

Banwol Bakjido Purple Bridge, Anjwa-myeon, Sinan-gun ⓒ Asia Economy

[Asia Economy Honam Reporting Headquarters Reporter Seo Young-seo] To learn about Korea's tourism industry, public officials from the tourism departments of developing countries will visit major tourist sites in Sinan County for two days on the 22nd and 23rd.

According to Sinan County on the 17th, this event, organized by the Korea Tourism Organization, aims to share the secrets of tourism development by touring Korea's excellent tourism cases and to serve as a model to help sustainable tourism development in developing countries.

Ten public officials from the tourism departments of developing countries such as Nepal, Cambodia, the Philippines, and Peru will inspect major domestic tourist sites for the purpose of official development assistance projects in the tourism sector and benchmark Korea's tourism industry.

The participants are expected to learn about Sinan County's island tourism policies and local economic development cases through on-site inspections.

Purple Island is recognized as an excellent tourism policy case by the Ministry of Culture, Sports and Tourism and the Korea Tourism Organization, the first in the Honam region, and was selected as a representative tourist destination in Korea that both Koreans and foreigners visiting Korea must visit from 2021 to 2022.

Meanwhile, Banwol and Bakji Islands have been selected as candidates for the Best Tourism Village in Korea by the United Nations World Tourism Organization (UNWTO), and the world's best tourism village will be announced at the '2021 UNWTO General Assembly' to be held in Madrid, Spain, this December.

Additionally, Sinan County is rapidly emerging as Korea's top tourist destination, having been selected as a final candidate for the Korea Tourism Star award by the Korea Tourism Organization.

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