Receive Travel Expense Support and Travel in Gyeongnam for a Month... Gyeongsangnam-do Recruiting Participants for One-Month Stay Program

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[Asia Economy Yeongnam Reporting Headquarters Reporter Lee Seryeong] Gyeongsangnam-do is recruiting participants for the "One Month Travel in Gyeongnam" project, targeting travelers dreaming of small-scale trips.

Gyeongnam Province announced on the 15th that the "One Month Travel in Gyeongnam" project, which started as a pilot project in 5 cities and counties in 2020 and has received great responses every year, will be expanded to all 18 cities and counties this year.

This project is a long-term stay travel program where applicants aged 19 or older residing outside Gyeongnam live and travel like locals in Gyeongnam.

Participants receive travel expenses support and are assigned the task of promoting their travel reviews on personal social networking services (SNS). About 720 teams, with 40 teams (1-2 people per team) per city/county, will be recruited 2 to 3 times annually.

Specific recruitment schedules and travel periods can be found on the Gyeongnam Tourism Guide or each city/county tourism website. The province selects participants considering travel motivation, thoroughness of travel plans, and promotional effectiveness (SNS activity history).

Accommodation costs of 50,000 KRW per day and experience fees of 50,000 to 80,000 KRW per person are supported for a minimum of 2 nights and a maximum of 29 nights per team. Last year, 1,555 people applied from 15 cities and counties, with 829 finally selected, recording a competition rate of about 2 to 1.

The province reported that more than half of the participants were young people aged 39 or younger living in the metropolitan area.

Shim Sangcheol, Director of Tourism Promotion Division at Gyeongsangnam-do, said, "As COVID-19 stabilizes, domestic and international travel demand is expected to surge. Especially after the quarantine exemption for overseas entrants who have completed vaccination is implemented on the 21st, the influx of foreign tourists is expected to accelerate, so we plan to prepare preemptive tourism marketing policies."

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