8 actors including Lee Jung-jae left handprints in Incheon… Vitalization of Incheon, K-content MICE industry

Incheon City and Incheon Tourism Organization are focusing on revitalizing the K-content MICE industry.   

The city and the Korea Tourism Organization held the "2nd Blue Dragon Series Awards (BSA) Handprinting Event with Incheon City" at the auditorium of the Global Campus in Yeonsu-gu, Incheon on the 27th. The event was attended by more than 1,000 winners and citizens of the first Blue Dragon Series Awards held in July last year. The winners of the drama category, Lee Jung-jae, Kim Go-eun, Kim Shin-young, Joo Hyun-young, Kim Shin-rok, Lee Hak-joo, Jung Ho-yeon, and Koo Hae-hwan, have recorded their handprints.  

 The city and tourism corporation will be in Incheon Farada at 8:30 p.m. on the 19th of next monthThe second Blue Dragon Series Awards will be held in Is City. The Blue Dragon Series Awards is the first awards ceremony for streaming series contents in Korea that began last year. The handprinting event was organized for pre-boom-up ahead of the official event.   

The city and the Tourism Organization plan to host various cultural events such as the 2nd Blue Dragon Series Awards to Incheon and revitalize them as Incheon's representative K-content MICE event in the future.   In particular, the event was held in the form of a conversation with the audience, where ordinary audiences could sit together and communicate directly with the stars, and received a great response. 

On this day, citizens asked the actors about the image of Incheon and what it takes for the Incheon area to become a K-content.    Actor Lee Jung-jae said, "When I was young, I came to play in amusement parks and beaches, and when I became an adult, I came to film a lot," adding, "It's a familiar and memorable city." He then said, "I hope that many people who love Korean content will visit Incheon."   

Kim Shin-young also said, "All citizens of Incheon seem to have an open mind about culture," adding, "I hope many tourists at home and abroad will visit Incheon, which has a lot of food and entertainment."   "Incheon is a city with infinite potential as a video industry and cultural content industry," said Lee Song-sook, deputy mayor of the city's Culture and Welfare Ministry. "We will spare no bold support to foster the video industry." He then said, "Incheon will keep pace with the history of K-content development in Korea."