Busan Gijang-gun 'Jeonggwan Ecological Stream Learning and Culture Festival' Selected as the Best Festival among City-Designated Districts and Counties

‘Learning and Culture’ Differentiated Content and High Local Resident Participation Receive Positive Reviews

Busan Gijang-gun (Governor Jeong Jong-bok) announced on the 24th that the "Jeonggwan Ecological Stream Learning and Culture Festival," one of the region's representative festivals, received the highest score in the "2024 Busan City Designated District/County Excellent Festival Support" evaluation and was selected as the best festival.

The 9th Jeonggwan Ecological Stream Learning and Culture Festival held last year.

With this selection, the Jeonggwan Ecological Stream Learning and Culture Festival will receive a subsidy of 30 million KRW from Busan City and will also be recommended as a preliminary festival by the Ministry of Culture, Sports and Tourism for 2024?2025.

Busan City has been selecting and supporting city-designated district/county excellent festivals to strengthen the competitiveness of local festivals with high growth potential and to discover outstanding festivals. The 2024 selection of city-designated district/county excellent festivals was conducted through on-site evaluations, satisfaction surveys, big data analysis, and deliberations by the Festival Promotion Committee, targeting 17 representative festivals from each district and county in Busan held last year.

In this evaluation, the Jeonggwan Ecological Stream Learning and Culture Festival was highly praised for effectively developing the theme of learning and culture, which is rarely found in other regional festivals, in line with the characteristics of Jeonggwan New Town, where many young residents focused on education live. The festival promotion committee, composed of local residents, was also commended for collaborating with various community organizations to organize the festival.

Additionally, the participation of universities, public institutions, and private educational organizations in the event, providing high-quality programs accompanied by budgets rather than simple booth installations, received high marks. Other positive points included the case of not installing food sales booths within the event venue but utilizing nearby commercial areas, efforts to create a zero-waste festival site, and the deployment of personnel for safety, all of which contributed to the final selection as the best festival.

A Gijang-gun official stated, "The selection as Busan City's best festival is the result of the efforts and passion of the festival promotion committee composed of residents who love the region," adding, "We will spare no support to make it a festival that not only local residents enjoy but also tourists nationwide want to visit."

The Jeonggwan Ecological Stream Learning and Culture Festival is an annual learning and culture festival held in October around Jwagwangcheon, a landmark in Jeonggwan-eup, Gijang-gun, marking its 10th anniversary this year. The festival lasts for three days, including a pre-event, and features various programs that promote the value of the ecological stream Jwagwangcheon and allow people of all ages to learn and enjoy.

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