Reducing the Safety Burden of Field Trips... Korea Tourism Organization and Incheon Office of Education Sign Agreement

Cultural Tourism Experiences Supported for 11,000 Youth, Including Students With and Without Disabilities
Joint Development of Customized Educational Travel Courses Linked to School Curriculum
Bus Rental Fees and Professional Safety Personnel Provided for Elementary Schools to Ease Teachers' Burden

The Korea Tourism Organization and the Incheon Metropolitan Office of Education are joining forces to revitalize field trips, which have seen a decline, and to establish a safe youth educational travel model.

Sung Hyuk Park, President of the Korea Tourism Organization (left), and Do Seonghoon, Superintendent of Incheon Metropolitan Office of Education, are posing for a commemorative photo after signing a business agreement for "Youth Tourism Revitalization" at the Incheon Metropolitan Office of Education on the 16th. The two organizations plan to develop educational travel courses linking curricula and tourism resources, and promote initiatives such as bus charter fees for elementary schools and support for professional safety personnel. Korea Tourism Organization

The Korea Tourism Organization announced on September 16 that it signed a memorandum of understanding for "Youth Tourism Revitalization" at the Incheon Metropolitan Office of Education. This agreement aims to ease the burden of safety concerns in schools regarding field trips and to expand systematic demand for educational travel by linking nationwide tourism resources with the school curriculum.

Under the agreement, the Korea Tourism Organization will support cultural tourism experience trips for 11,000 youth nationwide, including both students with disabilities and those without, and will design and operate travel courses integrated with the curriculum. The Incheon Metropolitan Office of Education will promote the program to local elementary, middle, and high schools, and will support participating elementary schools with bus rental costs and professional safety personnel to reduce the burden of on-site safety management for teachers.

The two organizations will jointly operate a task force comprised of around 18 members, including educational travel experts and on-site teachers. The task force will collaborate with Incheon’s field trip program "Read·Walk·Write" to develop nationwide experiential learning courses and will continuously assess their applicability and safety in schools.

Seonghyuk Park, President of the Korea Tourism Organization, said, "This agreement will inject new vitality into the youth tourism market, which has been shrinking, based on comprehensive educational travel support measures," adding, "We will work with education offices and local governments to create a sustainable educational travel environment where young people can feel safe and have fun."

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