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."

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

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