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From February 19 to February 20, the DSU Division of Tourism held its second Tourism and MICE Professional Management Course. In total, 124 people from over 50 companies and institutions participated in a variety of ways in the course.
 
The course consisted of a wide range of customized lectures tailored to needs of professionals in the tourism and MICE fields. They included: Grafting Tourism and Media Contents, taught by WeveBusan representative Jeong Min-joon; Trend Korea 2020: Focusing on the Implications for the Tourism Industry, taught by Professor Kim Nan-do of Seoul National University; Current Conditions of and Trends in Customized Recommendation Systems, taught by DSU Professor Gwon Jang-ook;  and Trend 2020 in the ‘Phonosapiens’ Era, taught by Professor Choi Jae-boong of Sungkyunkwan University. The course also included lectures on life wisdom in the works of author Chae Sa-jang.

On February 20, a completion ceremony was held for the 64 participants who had undergone the two days of training. This represented an increase of 100 percent from the 32 graduates of the first course held last year.

After graduating, participants gave the course a very high satisfaction score of 4.88 out of 5. Their comments on their experience of the course included: “It was an invaluable experience being able to attend the lectures of professionals who are so prominent in their fields,” “I am very grateful to my company for the privilege of participating in this course,” “I also completed the first course last year, and am delighted to receive my graduation certificate again. I look forward to attending next year also,” as well as “The Tourism and MICE Professional Management Course has given me such a passion for the subject, that in fact I now intend to pursue a Master’s degree at DSU.”

Hong Jung-hwa, Dean of the DSU Division of Tourism and Head of the MICE Centum Industrial Campus said, “The contents and lectures of the second Tourism and MICE Professional Management Course were based on current trends in the industry. The course makes a great contribution toward nurturing and developing talented people and further developing Busan as an international tourism city.”