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SEOUL, South Korea, Jan. 7, 2022 /PRNewswire=KYODO JBN/ --

The Japanese office for tourism and promotion of Gyeongsangbuk-do made an

announcement that the activities of the 1st Japan social media ambassadors have

been completed.

The ambassadors consisted of 25 Japanese people interested in tourism in

Gyeongsangbuk-do. The aim was to promote and spread the charm of beautiful

tourist attractions in many parts of Gyeongsangbuk-do in Japan.

The ambassadors have strongly promoted tourism in Gyeongsangbuk-do for 4 months

since the September opening ceremony. They participated in a total of six

tourism promotion events including two screening events and cloth wrapping

events celebrating the holidays as well as in two cooking classes and TV

filming sites.

These activities created and spread a total of 174 pieces of content. Their

diverse activities can be seen on their Facebook page

(https://m.facebook.com/gyeongbuk.jp)and Instagram

(https://www.instagram.com/accounts/login/).

After the "the social media ambassadors' event" held on December 10, the

activities of the first ambassador in 2021 gave been completed. The event

opened with greetings by Kim Shinyong from the operations director of the

Japanese office for tourism and promotion in Gyeongsangbuk-do and the chairman

of the Kobe Korea Education and Culture Center.

Since then, in 2021, the results of the ambassadors' events have been shared

and online classes for Korean cloth wrapping celebrating the holidays have also

been held. They also promoted Gyeongsangbuk-do through the introduction of TV

filming sites. In addition, souvenirs of Gyeongsangbuk-do were presented to the

ambassadors and effective ambassadors were selected and awarded to thank for

their hard work.

Heo Young-cheol, director of the Japan office for tourism and promotion in

Gyeongsangbuk-do, said, "The love and interest of the Japanese people in

Gyeongsangbuk-do was impressive. I would like to extend my deepest gratitude to

the ambassadors for their commitment. For tourism marketing in

Gyeongsangbuk-do, we will do our best to support the activities of the

ambassadors."

CONTACT: EmpathySEEDS, JI HYUN PARK, 053-257-8999, estour215@gmail.com

Source: The Japanese office for tourism and promotion of Gyeongsangbuk-do

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Gyeongsangbuk-do