Wednesday, September 16, 2015

S KOREA PRINTING NAMES ON PAVER BLOCKS TO PROMOTE TOURISM IN THE CHANGWON KOREA WEST OF BUSAN AND SOUTH OF SEOUL–THE NAMES REQUEST CAMPAIGN IS AN ONLINE WRITE YOUR NAME IN KOREA–THUS FAR 300,000 APPLICANTS OF WHICH 23,000 HAVE BEEN CHOSEN–THE PEOPLE APPLIED FROM MAYLAYSIA, PHILIPPINES, AMERICA, AND CHINA

A street in Changwon, South Gyeongsang Province, will be paved with 23,000 colorful precast pavers with the names of foreigners written on them.
The Korea Tourism Organization (KTO) and the city government opened "Sangsang-gil" (Imagination Street) leading to the Chang-dong Art Village in the center of the city, Wednesday, with KTO CEO Jung Chang-soo and Changwon Mayor Ahn Sang-soo participating in the ceremony.
The project is part of the KTO's initiative to promote tourism in the provincial cities.
The KTO collected applications in a "Write Your Name in Korea" campaign. Almost 300,000 applied from all around the world, including 26,000 Malaysians, 56,000 Filipinos, 26,000 Americans and 10,000 Chinese, and chose 23,000.
On the 155 meter street, only 30 meters have so far been paved with some 6,000 pavers. The rest will be done by the end of October, said a KTO official.
"I am excited to be here and see my name written on the street," said Nida Nibilah, 20, an electrical engineering student from Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia.

http://www.koreatimes.co.kr/www/news/nation/2015/09/116_186989.html

APPLY HERE TO HAVE YOUR NAME WRITTEN ON A FUTURE STREET: http://www.imagineyourkorea.com/write-your-name?lang=en

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