Jomyeongrae, Changwon Special City 2nd Vice Mayor, Establishes Cooperation System to Revitalize Overseas Tourism

Minister Yoo In-chon of the Ministry of Culture, Sports and Tourism and Mayor Cheon Young-gi of Tongyeong Discuss Cooperation Plans to Revitalize Overseas Tourism in Tongyeong

Jomyeong-rae, the 2nd Deputy Mayor of Changwon Special City, Gyeongnam, attended the Tongyeong International Music Festival and met with Yoo In-chon, Minister of Culture, Sports and Tourism, and Cheon Young-gi, Mayor of Tongyeong, to discuss cooperation plans in the cultural and artistic fields to revitalize overseas tourism.

Deputy Mayor Jo's visit on March 29 was made to celebrate the hosting of the 2024 Tongyeong International Music Festival, a world-renowned music festival, and to discuss ways to promote overseas tourism.

Jomyeongrae, 2nd Deputy Mayor, Discusses Cooperation Plans for Revitalizing Overseas Tourism with Yoon In-chon, Minister of Culture, Sports and Tourism.

The Tongyeong International Music Festival began in 1999 to honor composer Yun Isang, one of the five great masters of contemporary music, and has developed into a large-scale music festival since 2002, attracting musicians from around the world.

Despite the tight schedule of the Jinhae Gunhangje Festival, Deputy Mayor Jo visited Tongyeong and met with Minister Yoo In-chon, Mayor Cheon Young-gi, and Kim Il-tae, CEO of the Tongyeong International Music Foundation, at the opening ceremony reception to exchange congratulations and discuss ways to activate cultural and artistic exchanges for overseas tourism between the two cities.

They confirmed the commonalities between Tongyeong, a music city that produced musician Yun Isang and developed into a world-class tourist city known as the Naples of the East, and Changwon, which produced the genius sculptor Moon Shin and attracts nationwide tourists with the Jinhae Gunhangje Festival and Masan Chrysanthemum Festival, and discussed cooperation plans to revitalize overseas tourism.

Deputy Mayor Jo proposed linking the Jinhae Gunhangje Festival and the Tongyeong International Music Festival, as they are representative events of the two cities held around the end of March, and Minister Yoo and Mayor Cheon responded positively, raising expectations for the future.

Deputy Mayor Jo persuaded Minister Yoo of the necessity for the Ministry of Culture, Sports and Tourism to actively support establishing a “Cultural Changwon National Industrial Complex” by placing a regional art hub in Changwon, Gyeongnam, eliciting a positive response.

Deputy Mayor Jo said, “It was very meaningful to share innovative ideas on ways to revitalize overseas tourism at the Tongyeong International Music Festival site,” and added, “The cooperation system for establishing a cultural industrial complex and revitalizing overseas tourism will develop further from today. I will continue to meet and discuss with central government and local government officials in the future.”

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