Heading Toward the 2030 Busan World Expo... Busan Office of Education Holds Walking Competition

About 3,000 members of the educational community, including elementary, middle, and high school students, parents, and faculty, will walk together to boost enthusiasm for the bid to host the 2030 Busan World Expo.

On the 31st, the Busan Metropolitan Office of Education announced that it will hold the ‘Educational Community Unity Walking Event’ to support the 2030 Busan World Expo bid for about 3,000 participants including elementary, middle, and high school students, parents, and faculty at Haeundae Beach and Dongbaek Island area at 4 p.m. on the 4th.

This walking event aims to pray for the successful bid of the 2030 World Expo in Busan and to restore the spirit of the educational community, which was lacking due to COVID-19.

Busan Office of Education.

The event will feature various experiential programs such as a 2 km walk, prayers for the 2030 World Expo bid, and a group slogan performance to restore the spirit of the educational community.

In particular, programs such as ‘plogging,’ where participants pick up trash while walking around Haeundae Beach and Dongbaek Island, and ‘Radiantiering,’ where participants complete various missions while listening to a live radio broadcast, will be operated.

Lee Dae-ho, former Lotte Giants player and public relations ambassador for the Busan Office of Education, will also attend the event to help raise enthusiasm for the Expo bid.

The Busan Office of Education expects that this event will broaden the educational community’s understanding of the World Expo and strengthen their hopes for Busan’s successful bid.

Kim Beom-gyu, Director of Character Education, Physical Education, and School Meals at the Busan Office of Education, said, “This walking event will be a good opportunity to restore the spirit of the educational community and to help students recover from learning, psychological, and social deficits,” adding, “It is also a great chance to widely promote the Expo bid hopes of students and the educational community, who will be the main actors of the 2030 World Expo.”

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