Busan Mayor Park Hyung-jun Visits the 2023 Suncheonman International Garden Expo

At 11 AM on the 31st, Suncheon Mayor and Expo Director Guide... Visit to the International Garden Expo

2023 Suncheonman International Garden Expo Surpasses 5 Million Visitors in 84 Days

Park Hyung-jun, Mayor of Busan, will visit the site of the 2023 Suncheon Bay International Garden Expo, which is effectively promoting the bid for the 2030 Busan World Expo.

The 2023 Suncheon Bay International Garden Expo is being held from April 1 to October 31 across three zones in Suncheon, including the Suncheon Bay National Garden, covering an area of 193 hectares. Under the theme "Living in the Garden," more than 30 countries are participating in garden creation.

The Busan city government announced that Mayor Park Hyung-jun will visit Suncheon City at 11 a.m. on the 31st to tour the 2023 Suncheon Bay International Garden Expo.

The tour will be guided by Roh Kwan-gyu, Mayor of Suncheon, and Choi Deok-rim, the general director of the Garden Expo.

This is Mayor Park Hyung-jun’s second visit to Suncheon City. Last September, he visited the Honam region, including Suncheon City, to spread the enthusiasm for the 2030 Busan World Expo bid nationwide.

At that time, Mayor Park Hyung-jun signed a memorandum of understanding with Roh Kwan-gyu, Mayor of Suncheon, to mutually cooperate on the successful bid for the 2030 Busan World Expo, the successful hosting of the 2023 Suncheon Bay International Garden Expo, and the designation of the Nakdong River National Park.

This visit was arranged to directly check the Busan Garden, created to promote the 2030 Busan World Expo bid according to the agreement with Suncheon City, and to express gratitude and encouragement to the officials of the 2023 Suncheon Bay International Garden Expo for their active cooperation in promotion.

Among local governments participating in the Suncheon Bay International Garden Expo, only Seoul and Busan have gardens, with the Busan Garden designed as a symbolic space representing the wish for the 2030 Busan World Expo bid and reflecting Busan’s attractive characteristics.

In particular, the 2023 Suncheon Bay National Garden Expo has gained popularity, surpassing 5 million visitors in just 84 days since its opening, exceeding the 4.4 million visitors of the 2013 Garden Expo held 10 years ago. Mayor Park Hyung-jun’s visit is expected to further strengthen the cooperative relationship with Suncheon City and contribute to spreading nationwide enthusiasm for the bid.

Additionally, policy cooperation is expected to be further strengthened by sharing know-how on theme gardens and operational methods of the Suncheon Bay National Garden to designate the Nakdong River National Garden, the first and largest of its kind in Busan, located in the Samnak Riverside area.

Mayor Park Hyung-jun emphasized, “I earnestly ask for continued cooperation in the Honam region to sustain the enthusiasm for the 2030 Busan World Expo bid until the host city is decided this November. Our city will continue to do its best to create ‘Busan, a city where people want to live again,’ by building green infrastructure and promoting garden culture to respond to the climate crisis and enhance urban competitiveness.”

Following his visit to the 2023 Suncheon Bay International Garden Expo, Mayor Park will attend the ‘Local Content Festa,’ a forum for sharing regional development policies hosted by KBC Gwangju Broadcasting, at the Suncheon Bay Ecological Culture Education Center at 2 p.m. He will deliver a live special lecture titled “A New Growth Axis of Korea, the Southern Economic Zone,” further strengthening cooperation with the Honam region.

Busan Garden.

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