Jeonbuk Rural Homestay 'Time Travel with Parents' a Great Success

1-2 Days 'Rural Study Abroad - Returning to Farming and Rural Areas... Creating a Win-Win Space'

The Jeonbuk Special Self-Governing Province Return-to-Farming and Return-to-Village Association (President Jeong Yong-jun) announced on the 2nd that it held an event in Wanju-gun under the theme of "Time Travel with Parents" for rural study programs in Jeonbuk.

The '2024 Jeonbuk Rural Study Abroad "Time Travel with Parents"' event held in Wanju-gun, Jeonbuk, one day ago. [Photo by Wanju-gun]

This event started last year and is now in its third year. It holds great significance as it created a space where rural study programs and return-to-farming and return-to-village efforts can coexist and support each other. About 180 people, including over 160 rural students and their parents from across Jeonbuk and about 20 members of the provincial Return-to-Farming and Return-to-Village Association, participated in the 1-night, 2-day event held on the 1st and 2nd at the Return-to-Farming and Return-to-Village Support Center located in Gosan-myeon, Wanju-gun.

The event was hosted and organized by the Jeonbuk Province Return-to-Farming and Return-to-Village Association. Seo Geo-seok, Superintendent of Education of Jeonbuk Province, and Yoo Hee-tae, Mayor of Wanju-gun, attended, drawing significant attention from the local community. The program included a cheerful sports day for rural students and their parents, drone and robot experiences, Noltopia experiences, and a parents' meeting, among various other activities.

President Jeong Yong-jun of the association stated, "In an era of population decline, forming relational populations is an important issue, and we will create many opportunities to cooperate with various local communities to ensure that rural study programs and return-to-farming and return-to-village efforts are well connected."

Mayor Yoo Hee-tae said, "I hope this will be an opportunity for families and friends to communicate and interact while escaping daily life and experiencing nature. We will actively support making these dreams come true in Wanju, a future happy city enjoyed by all."