Hwaseong City Holds "2nd New Hwaseong Forum" Today

Hwaseong City will host the "2nd New Hwaseong Forum" today (18th) at 2 p.m. at the multipurpose hall on the first floor of Hwaseong Municipal Songsan Library, under the auspices of the Hwaseong City Regional Development Research Center.

Through this forum, the city plans to explore ways to utilize marine tourism infrastructure being developed at Jebu Island, Jungok Port, and Gungpyeong Port to foster the West Coast as a marine leisure city.

The theme of this forum is "Plans to Build a Beautiful West Coast Marine Tourism Belt." The first keynote presentation will be delivered by Lee Jae-gon, professor of Tourism Management at Kyonggi University, on "Tourism Zone Activation Strategies–With Hwaseong Taking the Lead," and the second keynote will be presented by Kang Seok-hwan, secretary general of Siheung Agenda 21, on "Siheung City's Waterfront Ecological Tourism Belt Plan and Hwaseong City's Marine Tourism Belt."

Following the keynote presentations, a discussion and Q&A; session will be held with Cho Ui-young, director of the Regional Development Research Institute of the Tourism Management Society, serving as moderator, and participants including Kim Hong-sung, Hwaseong City Councilor; Yoon Young-bae, chairman of the Hwaseong Coastal Environment and Culture Alliance; Lee Su-jin, research fellow at the Gyeonggi Research Institute; Jung Hyung-ki, professor of Tourism Management at Baekseok University; and Hong Young-ho, professor of Tourism Management at Jangan University, who will discuss opinions on the keynote presentations.

The Hwaseong City Regional Development Research Center, which was launched in early this year as a joint venture between Hwaseong City and Jangan University, held the 1st New Hwaseong Forum in July with the theme "Future Plans for Dongtan New City Utilizing Metropolitan Transportation Infrastructure."