KUALA LUMPUR, Oct 30 (Bernama) -- Asia’s No.1 Hallyu festival – the 2018 Busan One Asia Festival (BOF 2018) in South Korea drew 273,300 visitors -- the largest number in its history.
According to a statement, the festival wrapped up its nine-day run with the closing concert on Oct 28 with spectacular performances from Red Velvet, Teen Top, Astro, Dynamic Duo and Mighty Mouth.
BOF Project Group said: “The festival was an opportunity to let the world know once again that Busan is a city rich in Hallyu content. Busan citizens, tourists from home and abroad, thank you so much for coming here for the nine-day festival.”
During the opening concert on Oct 20, it attracted a 36,000-strong audience, who were enthralled by performances by Korea’s top musicians such as EXO, Wanna One and Seventeen.
“Park Concert” entertained about 47,000 people. “BOF Land” events attracted 159,723 visitors throughout the festival.
The event also attracted overseas tourists. They were not only from Japan, China, Hong Kong and Taiwan but also from Southeast Asia.
The BOF 2018, in its third edition this year, seeks to be a festival dealing with everything about Hallyu. Thus, it presented a wide array of Hallyu-leading K-content which goes beyond K-pop to arts, beauty and fashion.
-- BERNAMA
No comments:
Post a Comment