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Jeonju University Taekwondo Demonstration Team, Devote to Let people Know about Taekwondo ‘Effectively Attract Foreign Tourists’

In the occasion of the 1,000th anniversary of Jeolla Province, the Jeonju Taekwondo demonstration team, along with the Korean Tourism Organization and North Jeolla Province, toured the ‘Beijing-Shanghae-Guangzhou City’ for six days from the last 14th, on its journey to promote Taekwondo to the others.

A total length of about 35,000 km-journey is a core content of the experiential tourism product that added tourism to Taekwondo which has been steadily popular in China. It will participate in major events such as the Korea-China Cultural Tourism Exchange Exhibition (Beijing), the China International Travel Expo (Shanghai), and the Taekwondo Cultural Exchange Event (Guangzhou).

Jeonju University’s Taekwondo department is a prestigious taekwondo department that had conquered the domestic and overseas departments in the ‘2018 World Taekwondo Hanmadang’. For this time, under the theme of ‘The Ssaulabi’, it transformed the history and culture of various Eastern martial arts, including Taekwondo, into performances.

Professor Sook-kyung Lee (Professor of the Taekwondo demonstration team) said that “We will promote Korea to the world through Taekwondo performances and contribute not only to attract foreign tourists and students but also to help overseas employment of students. Through this event, we will work together with industry, government, and academia to enhance the results of local promotion, attracting tourists, and overseas employment of students.”

Meanwhile, the Jeonju Taekwondo demonstration team received a lot of attention while receiving curtain call at the ‘2018 China International Travel Expo’ where travel agencies from all over the world participated.