“Bring it to Busan!” … ‘2030 Busan World Expo University Student Campus Promotion Team’ Launches Full-Scale Activities

Busan City Hall.

[Asia Economy Yeongnam Reporting Headquarters Reporter Hwang Du-yeol] A craze for the campaign to attract the ‘2030 Busan World Expo’ titled ‘Bring it to Busan!’ is sweeping universities in Busan.

The Busan Metropolitan City is operating the ‘2030 Busan World Expo University Student Campus Promotion Team,’ composed of university students from the Busan area, in collaboration with the 2030 Busan World Expo Pan-Citizen Attraction Committee.

The ‘University Student Campus Promotion Team’ consists of 16 teams from 11 universities in the Busan area, including Dong-A University, Kyungsung University, and Pusan National University.

Until June, each team will carry out various self-planned promotional activities on their respective university campuses, such as ▲Expo escape room games ▲College relay Expo booth operations ▲Bugie’s Expo adventure storytelling events ▲Metaverse space creation, to help raise enthusiasm for attracting the 2030 Busan World Expo.

The city and the Pan-Citizen Attraction Committee provide up to 5 million KRW in activity support funds and promotional materials for each team.

Among the 16 teams participating as the promotion team, four teams with outstanding activities will be selected and awarded prize money.

The top team will be given opportunities to participate in major events during the visit of the Bureau International des Expositions (BIE) inspection team to Busan and to engage in overseas promotional team activities.

Nada-hyun, a student at Pusan National University, said, “As a university student, I had a great opportunity to directly promote the Busan World Expo, and I feel proud seeing students learn about the World Expo through this promotion.”

Jung Ja-young, a student at Dong-A University, said, “I hope that through the promotional campaign we planned ourselves, more students will take an interest in attracting the 2030 Busan World Expo.”

Park Hyung-jun, Mayor of Busan, said, “This activity will have great significance as Busan’s university students directly plan and execute the promotion of the 2030 Busan World Expo,” adding, “We will do our utmost to ensure that the 2030 Busan World Expo can be held, reflecting the interest and enthusiasm of the future generation, which will be the socio-economic backbone of Busan in 2030.”

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