Ministry of Culture, Sports and Tourism Announces Recruitment for 2022 'Tourangdure PD'

[Asia Economy Reporter Donghyun Choi] The Ministry of Culture, Sports and Tourism, together with the Korea Tourism Organization, is recruiting '2022 Tourism Dure PDs' from the 22nd to the 29th.

Tourism Dure, which started with the goal of "resolving local tourism issues by residents themselves, together," is a policy project that supports local resident communities in directly establishing and operating tourism businesses with unique local characteristics in areas such as lodging, food and beverage, travel, and experiences.

Tourism Dure PDs play a role in discovering local resident communities and closely supporting resident businesses in the tourism sector from the business planning stage through startup and growth stages to foster self-sustaining tourism-related resident enterprises. To this end, the Ministry of Culture, Sports and Tourism provides Tourism Dure PDs with activity expenses and capacity-building education for up to five years. Discovered resident businesses receive support for up to five years, including startup education, counseling, pilot project costs, and promotion and market development.

The Ministry and the Korea Tourism Organization plan to select Tourism Dure PDs through a first-round document screening and a second-round face-to-face evaluation, focusing on candidates' expertise, understanding of the region, and cooperation with local governments. The final selected Tourism Dure PDs and project regions will be announced in January 2022.

More detailed information on how to apply and related forms for this recruitment can be found on the websites of the Ministry of Culture, Sports and Tourism, the Korea Tourism Organization, and Tourism Dure.

A Ministry official emphasized, "Tourism Dure is a resident community-led regional tourism revitalization project where the local tourism industry and residents can grow together," adding, "To ensure the Tourism Dure project flourishes in step with the phased recovery of daily life, active interest and cooperation from prospective Tourism Dure PDs who can connect and support residents, as well as local governments, are essential."

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