Korea Tourism Organization and National Geographic Special Exhibition on 'Forests and Sustainable Travel'

Special Exhibition on 'Forests and Sustainable Travel'

The Korea Tourism Organization announced on the 13th that it will hold a special exhibition titled "Healing Forest, Earth of Life" in collaboration with National Geographic.

The Korea Tourism Organization announced on the 13th that it will hold a special exhibition titled "Healing Forest, Earth of Life" in collaboration with National Geographic.
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This project was planned to raise awareness of the importance of forests as a solution for carbon absorption amid the worsening climate crisis. It will be held from the 15th of this month to October 15th at the 8th-floor Culture Hall of Shinsegae Department Store in Daegu.

Since hosting its first photo exhibition in Korea in 2010, National Geographic has only displayed photos taken overseas.

However, through this collaboration, this year a separate exhibition space titled "Korea, Sustainable Travel" will be created, showcasing photos related to forests and trees in Korea, including Jeju Soesokkak and Yangju Nari Park, selected from the Korea Tourism Organization's Korea Tourism Photo Contest winners.

At the exhibition hall, explanatory texts emphasizing the importance of eco-friendly tourism and that Korea's beautiful forests are a precious heritage to be passed on to future generations will also be displayed.

Park Yong-hwan, head of the ESG Management Team at the Korea Tourism Organization, said, "By presenting photos taken in Korea alongside the globally renowned National Geographic exhibition, we wanted to show that Korea has beautiful tourist destinations comparable to those overseas." He added, "We expect about 40,000 visitors to this exhibition, and hope that the public will deeply feel the climate crisis and share the value of environmentally conscious travel."

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