'Jamboree Part 2' Faces Crisis as Jeonnam National Sports Festival Team Struggles to Secure Buses

Event Organizers Fail to Secure Transport Vehicles for Athletes
Emergency Situation One Month Ahead... Education Office and Local Governments Blame Each Other
Concerns Raised Over a 'Second Jamboree Incident'

The National Sports Festival, held in Jeonnam for the first time in 15 years, is raising concerns of becoming a second Jamboree incident due to an unprecedented transportation crisis. On the 14th, KBC reported, "Vehicles must be provided to transport the delegation of about 30,000 athletes gathering from across the country, but the organizers have yet to secure a significant number of vehicles, creating an unprecedented emergency situation," adding, "This is because schools at all levels rented charter buses first for experiential learning and school trips, and only belatedly have Jeonnam Province and the Jeonnam Office of Education been engaged in a blame game."

The National Sports Festival, starting on the 13th of next month, is expected to have about 30,000 athletes and officials participating, and the National Para Games will have about 9,000 participants. Jeollanam-do judged that a maximum of 115 vehicles per day and a total of 878 vehicles during the festival period are needed, and signed a contract with the Jeonnam Charter Bus Transport Association last July, but recently received notice that buses cannot be secured. This is because schools at all levels in the province have already rented about 300 buses first.

If this continues, the athletes’ transportation will be paralyzed during the festival period, making disruption of the event inevitable. Jeollanam-do and the Jeonnam Office of Education are even engaged in a 'blame game' against each other. Jeollanam-do sent two official letters requesting the Office of Education to adjust the school schedule to secure vehicles, but this was not accepted. On the other hand, the Office of Education claims that the buses were rented by schools participating in supporter activities, but KBC reported that it has not even been determined whether the rentals were truly for supporter activities or for experiential learning or school trips.

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