2020 Gyeonggi International Boat Show Postponed with Less Than a Month to Go

[Suwon Ilbo=Reporter Park No-hun] Gyeonggi Province announced on the 18th that it will postpone the "2020 13th Gyeonggi International Boat Show," originally scheduled to be held in March this year, to June in order to prevent the spread of COVID-19.

This year's Gyeonggi International Boat Show was originally planned to be held for four days from March 13 to March 15 at Goyang Kintex. In particular, significant interest from domestic and international industries was drawn as it would be co-hosted with the Korean Fishing Expo, making it the largest-scale event in history.
Although exhibition preparations were well underway as the event was less than a month away, the decision to postpone was made based on the judgment that blocking the possibility of virus spread is an urgent priority given that the event is a large-scale gathering with massive attendance.

Accordingly, this year's Gyeonggi International Boat Show will be held from June 5 to 7 alongside the Korean Fishing Expo.

Kim Kyou-sik, Economic Planning Director of Gyeonggi Province, stated, "While we have been making great efforts to prepare the Gyeonggi International Boat Show this year, we have made this decision as protecting public health and alleviating anxiety take priority. We will proceed smoothly with establishing quarantine measures and preparing for the exhibition during the remaining time."

The "Gyeonggi International Boat Show" is Korea's largest marine leisure industry specialized exhibition and a large international event where one can see everything in the marine leisure industry including boats, yachts, parts and equipment, scuba diving, camping, and more. Gyeonggi Province has been hosting the show since 2008 to expand the foundation of the marine leisure industry.