The ’all day bk’ team, composed of students from DSU’s Department of Tourism Management, were presented with the ’55th Korean Tourism and Leisure Society Spring Regular Conference’ Award for Excellence in a ceremony held at Hotel Nongshim in Busan on July 22, 2021.

Roughly 60 teams from universities across the country participated in this contest, with 8 teams passing the preliminary round to compete in the final round. The DSU team’s winning entry was for a combined Busan International Film Festival (BIFF) and performance tourism product combined under the theme of ‘BIFF-linked Mobile Performance Tourism: All That Film.’ It involved tours of major tourist destinations in Busan, with the aim of enabling audiences participating in BIFF to enjoy movies in a variety of ways beyond mere screenings. The final concept, which included a seven-hour bus tour program consisting of movie-related performances and audience participation missions, received excellent evaluations from judges.

The winning all day bk team, consisting of Class-19 students Lee Yu- jin, Lee Gun-ji, Yeo Ui-jeong, and Yang Tae-yeon, said, “As we put a lot of work and thought into our Capstone Design project for the competition, we are very happy and grateful to get good such good evaluations for it. Based on this result, we will continue to work hard to become tourism planners that develop and strive for Busan’s continued development as a tourism city full of festivals.”

In addition to the students, Professor Park Chang-hwan of the DSU Department of Tourism Management, who led the all day bk team, was awarded the Outstanding Advisory Professor Award for their guidance of the students. Upon receiving the award, Professor Park said, “I think that efforts to solve problems related to local tourism improve the level of completion of Busan, an international tourism city"