BPA, '16th Busan Port Festival'... Drone and Fireworks Show to be Held

Busan Port Authority (BPA), together with Busan City and the Busan Regional Maritime Affairs and Fisheries Office, will hold the "16th Busan Port Festival" from the 27th to the 28th at the Busan Port International Passenger Terminal, Bukhang Waterfront Park, and Yeongdo Amir Park to celebrate Sea Day on the 31st.

The Busan Port Festival is an annual port festival held on Sea Day to promote the historical significance and symbolism of Busan Port.

This year, under the theme "Wishing for the 2030 Busan World Expo Hosting, Pre-EXPO," the festival will feature an opening ceremony, Global Port Park, performances, and various participatory events.

New programs introduced this year include ▲‘Global Port-Park,’ where visitors can experience diverse content from various countries in spaces made from ‘containers’ ▲‘Sea-Thru Concert,’ a water performance on boats along the waterways of Bukhang Waterfront Park ▲‘Boat Tour,’ where visitors can try duck, moon, and donut boats ▲and a ‘Drone Light Show & Fireworks Show’ featuring 1,000 drones.

The Global Port Park consists of themed pavilions from seven countries, including ▲‘German Beer Pavilion,’ which recreates the atmosphere of Germany’s beer festival ▲‘India Pavilion,’ where visitors can experience traditional Hatha Yoga ▲‘China Pavilion,’ showcasing China’s unique food culture ▲and ‘Vietnam Pavilion,’ where traditional Vietnamese coffee can be tasted.

It is a mini-expo experience space where visitors can see and enjoy the cultures, foods, and traded goods of various countries all in one place.

At the theme pavilion, the ‘Busan Port Pavilion,’ visitors can view the transformation of Busan Port from its opening in 1876 to 2030 at a glance through the media exhibition ‘Timeline Slide.’

Reflecting Busan Port’s symbolism in South Korea’s development from an Official Development Assistance (ODA) recipient country to a donor country, a donation project is being conducted in collaboration with the international relief organization Kointree, collecting items donated by citizens to be sent to Sri Lanka.

Promotional poster for the 16th Busan Port Festival.

At Yeongdo Amir Park, events such as ▲public viewing of Navy and Coast Guard vessels ▲boarding experiences on the port guide ship Saenuri and the Jagalchi Cruise ▲and a ‘Mission Stamp Tour’ where participants visit the Yeongdo Marine Cluster to complete missions will be held.

In addition, various events such as the Sea Love Children’s Writing and Drawing Contest and children’s boat model making will take place.

Detailed information about the Busan Port Festival can be found on the website of the Busan Culture and Tourism Festival Organizing Committee.

Kang Jun-seok, President of BPA, said, “This Busan Port Festival is an opportunity to see the past, present, and future of Busan Port at a glance, and it will be the starting point for opening Bukhang, which was once a closed space, fully to citizens as a place of culture and leisure.”

He added, “We have prepared various programs for citizens tired from COVID-19, so we hope everyone enjoys them to the fullest.”

This content was produced with the assistance of AI translation services.