Busan Mayor Park Hyung-jun Meets Eric Teo, Singapore Ambassador to Korea

On the 18th, City Hall to Resume Busan-Singapore Direct Flights... Discussing Mutual Exchange and Cooperation Plans

Park Hyung-jun, Mayor of Busan, met with Eric Teo, Ambassador of Singapore to Korea, at the International Protocol Office of Busan City Hall on the 18th to discuss mutual exchange and cooperation measures following the resumption of the Busan-Singapore direct flight route.

Eric TEO, Ambassador of Singapore to Korea, meeting Park Hyung-jun, Mayor of Busan.

On this day, Mayor Park Hyung-jun first expressed his gratitude to Ambassador Eric Teo for visiting Busan at a time when exchanges between the two countries are rapidly increasing with the recovery from COVID-19, saying, “The resumption of the Busan-Singapore direct flight route will further promote tourism activation and exchange cooperation, and I hope to discuss various cooperation measures together in the future.”

He also said, “Currently, Busan is prioritizing international academia and industrial exchange as the top agenda of city administration,” adding, “It would be good to expand mutual exchanges with Singapore, which has excellent universities and support measures, through faculty and student exchange programs, startup support programs, and more.”

In response, Ambassador Eric Teo said, “Singapore and Busan share many similarities, and with the Busan-Singapore direct flights resuming four times a week, we expect a significant increase in mutual human exchanges and tourism demand,” adding, “Not only will passenger load factors increase, but exchanges in air logistics services between Singapore Changi Airport and Gimhae Airport are also expected to improve.” He further stated, “To promote the global market entry of Singaporean fashion, we plan to collaborate with the Busan ASEAN Culture Center to hold our first overseas exhibition outside Singapore for three months, so we ask for your support in promoting it so that many citizens of Busan can attend.”

Mayor Park emphasized, “With the resumption of the direct flight route, human exchanges are expected to increase, and benchmarking Singapore’s Sentosa Island family-oriented cultural complex facilities will be very helpful in attracting tourists,” adding, “I hope that Singapore and Busan will jointly promote collaborative projects for mutual exchange.”

Finally, he concluded the meeting by saying, “The Republic of Korea is mobilizing all its capabilities to host the 2030 Busan World Expo,” and “We ask Singapore to be a great support so that Busan can establish itself as a hub city in Northeast Asia.”

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