'Hallyu' fans invited to travel around nation

[benihime99.livejournal.com]

By Yun Suh-young

The Korea Tourism Organization (KTO) is hosting “Touch Korea Tour,” a campaign to invite 15 “hallyu” (Korean wave) fans from around the world to tour the nation, starting next month. The KTO said Monday out of 2,000 candidates who submitted user created content (UCC) from over 100 countries, seven were selected as winners, while the remaining eight were chosen by regional KTO offices overseas. 


The Touch Korea Tour Contest will give exclusive tour opportunities to the 15 fans, who will be divided into three groups, each of which will be given a week to experience Korean culture throughout the nation. The tour will be divided into three themes _ fun, food and fashion _ and last from June 7 to 27. The groups will participate in the tour consecutively.

The participants will be able to hang out with K-pop stars such as 2PM and Miss A for a day. The stars, who are also honorary ambassadors for the KTO, will help them learn more about Korea's charms while also create special memories for them. The groups will be given missions and the one that does best will receive a “Korea Pass” worth 5 million won to spend at tourist sites and shopping malls around the country.

“At this year’s Touch Korea Tour Contest, the number of applicants from English-speaking countries increased significantly, making us realize how well K-pop was being received around the world,” said Shin Pyeong-sup, executive director of the KTO brand and product department.

“We hope to provide more dynamic opportunities for hallyu fans to fully experience Korea.”


Jealous

Source: koreatimes

Comments

[samunin.livejournal.com]

what i didn't know about this D:

[hisjulliet.livejournal.com]

+1 =/

[istalkalert.livejournal.com]

MTE >:(

[asnindie.livejournal.com]

I thought it was cancelled:(

[harbour-jane.livejournal.com]

lol seriously

[xxmannequin.livejournal.com]

mte

[mamchan.livejournal.com]

urghh why ლ(╹◡╹ლ)
don't know if i would have manage to send my application before the deadline (last minute bad habit of mine) but i wish i knew about this
who are those 15 lucky bastards

[istalkalert.livejournal.com]

pissed that i didn't know about this -___-

[tiggie0307.livejournal.com]

I hope they have fun. Not too pressed about this...not at all.

[asnindie.livejournal.com]

Lucky bastards.

[ghina93.livejournal.com]

while the remaining eight were chosen by regional KTO offices overseas

so basically family members or picked by connections -__-

[cassie-cloud9.livejournal.com]

Wtf when the hell did the contest start?!! I knew nothing about this!!!! >:/ Damn lucky bastards.... T____T

[tiggie0307.livejournal.com]

In all honestly I want to visit North Korea too. XD I really really want to see their versions of 'skinny jeans'

[odd-fish-stick.livejournal.com]

ugh fuck i forgot about this lol i swore i was going to try for it

[swhyeon1991.livejournal.com]

Jealous jealous shoot anonymous anonymous

[10135.livejournal.com]

LOL

[exo-cath.livejournal.com]

LMAO

[keyllastic.livejournal.com]

+1

[xxmannequin.livejournal.com]

lmao xD

[hinadori.livejournal.com]

Totally OT but whatever happened to the winners of the Wonder Girls' Be My Baby dance contest? I thought the prize was a free trip to Korea courtesy of JYP?

[akaich0u.livejournal.com]

Yeah, they picked some winners and those people did get their Korea trip.

[kiku-cha8-8.livejournal.com]

i got so excited and wanted to plan out my entry but then i realized that the deadline most likely had passed.

oh.

[xxmannequin.livejournal.com]

haha, me too.

[4minutesluts.livejournal.com]

i wanna listen to so much fucking wu tang clan w/ Min

[genie17.livejournal.com]

eh? is this real?

[pinky-fairy10.livejournal.com]

But I have schooooool :(

[marsheumallow.livejournal.com]

oh man. i'd do anything to see miss a irl. i'm so jealous.


................fei 8'(