The Ulsan Exhibition and Convention Center (UECO), located in South Korea's Metropolitan City of Ulsan, will be officially opened on 29 April 2021. UECO will be the 17th convention center in Korea, and it is expected to help transform Ulsan into the next hub for the Korean MICE industry. The opening of the center will coincide with the centre’s first official event - Asia Pacific MICE Business Festival 2021 - which will take place from 29 to 30 April as an offline in-person event. justLocated between Gyeongju and Busan, Ulsan is Korea’s eighth-largest city with a population of over 1.1 million. It is recognised as the industrial powerhouse of South Korea and home to the largest automobile assembly plant and shipyard. As one of Korea’s major cities, construction of an exhibition and convention centre in the area was first mooted way back in 2000, but has been put on the brakes due to controversy over budget and scale. The project finally saw green lights with the opening of KTX Ulsan Station in 2010 and construction officially began in 2017. Now, the city’s first convention centre is greatly anticipated to help Ulsan put its foot forward in the MICE industry.
With an exterior design inspired by the whale-shaped carving on the Bangudae petroglyph (Korea National Treasure No. 285) in Ulju-gun, Ulsan, one of the city’s main landmarks, UECO boasts a total area of 43,000 square-meters, with three floors above ground and one floor underground. On the first floor is the Exhibition Hall with a total area of 8,000 square-meters, divisible into four separate halls or combined into larger halls depending on the size of the event. The Convention Hall is located on the third floor, divisible into three halls or able to be combined into larger spaces, with a total of 1,336 square-meters. A total of 12 meeting rooms in varying sizes are located throughout the center as well to accommodate smaller meetings. Ulsan Exhibition and Convention Center boasts outstanding accessibility, located within a 10-minute walk from the KTX Ulsan Station. The KTX will take delegates to and from Seoul in two hours and to Busan in 20 minutes. Expansion of other key MICE facilities, including accommodation and convenience facilities, are expected to gain momentum with the opening of UECO, as well as boost tourism to major destinations in the area, including the Yeongnam Alps, Daewangam Park, and Taehwagang National Garden. Further down the line, a road connecting Ulsan’s western area to the east coast is set to open, which will reduce travel time from Gangdong Beach to KTX Ulsan Station from one hour to just 20 minutes. Comments are closed.
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