Gwonseon-gu Site Tour of 'Eco-Mobility Suwon 2013'

Kim Jeong-su, head of Gwonseon-gu Office, visited Hwaseong Haenggung Palace, the main venue for the event, at 6 a.m. on August 30th, two days before the opening of 'Eco-Mobility Suwon 2013,' to conduct an advance site tour.

The site tour on that day, attended by approximately 20 officials including department heads and dong (district) chiefs from Gwonseon-gu, began at Hwaseong Haenggung Palace and proceeded through the Shinpung-dong area, Buksoo-dong wall mural alley and the beautiful Haenggung Street, Na Hye-seok Heritage Site, and up to the large tent serving as the main stage for the event, allowing participants to experience beforehand the beautifully and cleanly constructed alleyways.

Gwonseon-gu is making full preparations to support the successful hosting of 'Eco-Mobility Suwon 2013,' which is drawing attention from home and abroad, and will make every effort to ensure the event concludes successfully in accordance with 'Environmental City Suwon' through the end of September when the event concludes.

To this end, the district is intensively promoting manpower support to welcome domestic and international visitors, participation guidance to encourage greater citizen interest and participation, understanding and utilization of alternative transportation methods, instructions on event coupon usage and parking location information, and other matters.

In particular, since August 5th, the district has been actively promoting citizen participation by organizing traveling exhibitions of promotional boards at main entrances of large-scale marts. In addition to website and social media promotions, the district is also promoting the event through the posting of promotional posters at approximately 300 locations centered on apartment complexes and shared housing by dong, schools, large-scale marts, and shopping areas, as well as distribution of pamphlets.