Yongsan-gu Launches Efforts to Attract Tourists from Binh Dinh Province, Vietnam

Yongsan-gu and Binh Dinh Province Hold Briefing Session to Attract Foreign Tourists and Others

Yongsan-gu, Seoul (District Mayor Park Hee-young) held the "Yongsan-gu - Binh Dinh Province Foreign Tourist Attraction Briefing" jointly with Binh Dinh Province, where its overseas sister city, Quy Nhon City, is located, at the Yongsan Art Hall Small Theater on the 19th.

The event was attended by a delegation of about 20 people including Nguyen Van Trung, Secretary of Quy Nhon City, Nguyen Butong, Ambassador of Vietnam to Korea, officials from the Binh Dinh Tourism Bureau and Quy Nhon City, as well as about 100 participants from companies and institutions involved in the Yongsan-gu - Quy Nhon exchange projects such as Sookmyung Women's University, HDC Shilla Duty Free, Soonchunhyang University Seoul Hospital, Orion, Amorepacific, and the Mondrian Hotel.

The purpose of the event was to revitalize the local economy by creating opportunities for attracting foreign tourists and promoting private sector investment between overseas sister cities following the end of COVID-19.

As a pre-event, eight participating companies from the district and Binh Dinh Province, which are promoting various exchange projects, operated promotional booths outside the venue to individually conduct customized business promotions.

During the main event, major tourist attractions and facilities of Binh Dinh Province and Yongsan-gu were introduced, tourism projects were promoted, and participating companies in the exchange projects presented their business status and achievements.

The Quy Nhon City delegation, who visited Yongsan for a 3-night, 4-day schedule from the 17th to the 20th in preparation for this event, visited HDC Shilla Duty Free and Amorepacific headquarters before the briefing to understand current Korean tourism trends and market conditions.

At the event, Nguyen Van Trung, Secretary of Quy Nhon City, said, "Quy Nhon City has shown an annual tourist growth rate of over 15% for the past 10 years, and a large-scale tourism infrastructure construction project is currently underway," adding, "We expect tourism to become a major cooperation project between the two cities ahead of the 30th anniversary of the sister city relationship between Yongsan and Quy Nhon."

Meanwhile, since 2016, the district has been leading the promotion of the Korean language and culture in Quy Nhon City through the operation of the "Quy Nhon Sejong Institute." The institute produces about 300 graduates of Korean language courses annually.

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