Over 560,000 Visitors Flock to Busan to See Canal-Trapped Shark Bukang
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A meeting will be held to rescue a shark staying in the artificial waterway of the Busan Port North Harbor Waterfront Park in Dong-gu, Busan. The Busan Metropolitan City announced that it will hold a closed-door meeting with the National Institute of Fisheries Science, the Korea Coast Guard, and the Busan Port Authority at a conference room inside the waterfront park at 2 p.m. on the 28th to discuss rescue measures for the shark.
Over 460,000 tourists visited Busan's North Port during the Chuseok holiday to see Bukang, a shark that appeared there, revitalizing local businesses. The Busan Metropolitan City government is currently pursuing promotional and marketing strategies to capitalize on this, while experts analyze that the rarity of the shark and the vicarious satisfaction derived from seeing wild animals are the causes of the enthusiasm. Currently, measures to lure …
The operation to return 'Bukang-i,' the shark that entered the waterway at Bukhang Waterfront Park, back to the sea will begin as early as the 29th. The Busan Metropolitan City government announced that it will hold a meeting on the shark issue at Bukhang Waterfront Park at 2 p.m. on the 28th with relevant agencies, including the Busan Port Authority, the Korea Coast Guard, and the National Institute of Fisheries Science. The meeting will discus…
[NEWSIS] On the 27th, the final day of the Chuseok (Korean Thanksgiving) holiday, citizens were seen watching a shark swimming in a waterway at Bukgang Waterfront Park in Dong-gu, Busan. The shark, known as "bukang-i," has become a hot topic, attracting 101,000 visitors on the 24th, 136,000 on the 25th, and 140,000 on the 26th, for a total of 380,000 visitors over the three days of the Chuseok holiday.
Relevant agencies are taking steps to return 'Bukang-i,' a shark that has been staying in the artificial waterway of Busan's North Port for ten days, back to the sea.
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