Busan’s international commitment: strengthening ties with Europe

Park made the comment at Busan City Hall while giving details about your visit, which took place from May 19 to 25, to Genoa, Italy, and Barcelona and Madrid, Spain. The official’s trip was aimed at strengthening the foundations to turn the South Korean city into a global nerve center.

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According to the mayor, on Thursday last week, Busan signed a treaty with UN Tourism – formerly known as the World Tourism Organization (UNWTO) – based in Madrid, and agreed to work for the development of sustainable tourism and carry out ecological tourism projects.

It was also announced that the Busan Art Museum (BMA, according to its acronym in English) has recently signed an agreement with a Spanish culture and art institution to co-organize in Busan the «LOOPFestival»a video art exhibition, from Barcelona, ​​in April of next year.

Park assured that he will seek to strengthen cooperation with the three European cities, not only in the maritime and port sector, but also in various areas, since he confirmed again, on the occasion of this visit, that culture and tourism must be promoted to make Busan a global hub city.