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- Visiting major cities & Promoting the Olympics -

 The program dubbed ‘The On-site 2024 Gangwon Event with Busking’ will be run to promote the 2024 Winter Youth Olympic Games in Gangwon (hereafter to be referred to as ‘the Olympics’) and encourage participation. This program is part of the On-site 2024 Gangwon Winter Youth Olympic Games.

 Organized by the Ministry of Culture, Sports and Tourism and Gangwon State, and sponsored by the PyeongChang 2018 Legacy Foundation (Hereafter to be referred to as ‘the Foundation’), the On-site 2024 Gangwon Event​ with Busking will be held on a promotional truck. The 5-ton vehicle was originally designed to visit schools as part of a program named the On-site 2024 Gangwon Winter Youth Olympic Games. With busking performances, which are huge these days, and promotional efforts combined, the coming Olympics will be promoted amongst all citizens, including students, and will provide opportunities for citizens to experience winter sports, thus drawing more attention to the forthcoming Olympics.

 This promotional program will be run until December 2023, visiting landmarks around the metropolitan areas and major cities to promote the Olympics. The program will be held in the following places in this order: Rodeo Square in Incheon, Star Square in Sinchon, Seoul, the Expo Plaza in Daejeon, Haeundae Square in Busan, Hwaseong Haenggung Square in Suwon, the Ganhyeon Tourist Area in Wonju, and May 18 Democracy Square in Gwangju. At each site, there will be a program that allows people to try out Winter Olympic sports and performances.

 For more details, the program will feature ▲ a busking performance, ▲ VR sports experience, ▲ youth winter Olympic sports experiences, ▲ souvenir presentation, ▲ promotion and guidance on the 2024 Youth Winter Olympic Games in Gangwon, etc. Furthermore, at the experience zone, participants can experience numerous youth winter Olympic games, including curling, ice hockey, and snowboarding.

 The 2024 School Visiting Program will be run from July 2023 to January 2024, and will be visiting 40,000 elementary, middle, and high schoolers from 400 different schools across the country. The program is still accepting applications from schools and visiting a large number of schools to promote the upcoming Olympics. One excellent school will be selected and invited to see the games firsthand during the Olympics.

 Yu Seung-min, the chairperson of the foundation, said, “What we have prepared is a busking performance tour to promote the upcoming Gangwon 2024 Olympics, and we are offering an experience program to allow people to try out winter Olympic sports that will take place in metropolitan areas and major cities across the nation.” He also stressed that “We also ask for more interest and attention toward the 2024 Youth Winter Olympic Games in Gangwon, which will be held in less than 140 days.”

 For more information on the On-site Gangwon 2024 Winter Youth Olympics, please contact the Olympic Games Operating Office at 033- 330-5228 or send an e-mail at 2024visitcamp@gmail.com