BNEWSOn December 17, the Korea Tourism Organization in Vietnam held a press conference to introduce the program “Korea – Vietnam Culture and Tourism Festival 2022”.
On December 17, the Korea National Administration of Tourism held a press conference to introduce the program “Korea – Vietnam Culture and Tourism Festival 2022”.
Kim Jangsil – Director General of the Korea National Administration of Tourism said, this is one of the practical activities towards the 30th anniversary of the establishment of diplomatic relations between Vietnam and Korea (1992-2022) as well as with the hope want to create a space for cultural exchange between the two countries.
Accordingly, the festival program takes place in two days, December 17-18, at Dong Kinh Nghia Thuc Square, Hoan Kiem pedestrian street, Hanoi, with 24 stalls with diverse themes, promising to be the place to be. Fun and interesting experiences for Hanoi people.
K-info (K-Information) booths provide general information about Korean culture, tourism, and people from KTO, Korean Cultural Center (KCC) and Korea Creative Content Agency. (KOCCA). Right next to K-info are K-Culture (K-Culture) booths, where visitors can experience activities related to K-pop music, K-drama movies, food and crafts. Korean traditional game.
Next are the K-Brand (K-Brand) booths introducing products from Korea such as Lotte Duty Free, Kakao Friends, CGV, Woori bank and Visang. The festival is also a place for leading travel companies such as Vietravel, Hanoitourism, Hanoitourist, Flamingo Redtours and Saigontourist to introduce Korean tours to visitors who want to learn through the K-Tour (K-Tour) booth. .
Finally, there are the K-Local (K-Destination) booths, where visitors can satisfy their hobby of taking virtual photos with a space that simulates prominent tourist sites in Korea such as the train watching the sea. in Busan, the old Manhyujeong house in Andong, the romantic harbor in Mokpo, the hundred-year-old Hanok village in Jeonju, the bus station associated with the famous group BTS at Jumunjin beach, Gangneung city, Gangwon province, and the beautiful island known as the Hawaii of Korea – Jeju Island.
The evening show with the participation of leading artists from both Vietnam and Korea promises to make the entire Hoan Kiem pedestrian street explode. Famous Korean groups such as MOMOLAND, BLANK2Y and LAPILLUS will appear on the first night with Nonverbal performing arts group – The Painters, performing B-Boy from One Way Crew and performing traditional Vietnamese art Nam is from the Vietnam Music and Dance Theater.
The second show was equally attractive with the presence of singer Noo Phuoc Thinh, rappers Phao and GDucky, group BLANK2Y and EDM electronic music from famous DJs.
As part of the program, there is also a fansign program from 2 groups LAPILLUS (December 17, 2022) and BLANK2Y (December 18, 2022), group BLANK2Y is currently the Honorary Ambassador of Tourism. Korea in Vietnam in 2022.
Vietnam and Korea have always been important tourism partners in recent years and this is clearly shown through tourism statistics. Before the time of the COVID-19 epidemic, in 2019, Vietnam welcomed more than 4,300,000 Korean visitors, an increase of 23.1% over the same period last year and was the largest international visitor market to Vietnam.
In the opposite direction, in 2019 Korea also welcomed more than 550,000 Vietnamese tourists, an increase of 21.4% compared to 2018. When tourism started to recover from the pandemic, in the first 11 months of 2022 there were more than 160,000 Vietnamese tourists come to Korea, and more than 567,000 Korean tourists visit Vietnam, Korea continues to be the largest international tourist market to Vietnam. These are statistics that clearly show the strong recovery relationship between the two countries.
Previously on December 16, 2022, KTO organized a meeting with Vietnam – Korea tourism partners, Korea Travel Mart and Korea Night – 2022 Korea Night. Korea Travel Mart is a place for travel businesses of the two countries to meet to exchange information and cooperate with nearly 30 travel companies, local tourism promotion agencies from Korea and 40 travel agencies in Vietnam.
“Through this festival, I hope that Vietnamese people in general and Hanoi in particular will have a space to play, experience and get closer to Korean culture, thereby loving Korea even more. and choose South Korea as a destination in their travel itinerary in the future,” said Kim Jangsil, Director General of the Korea National Administration of Tourism.
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