Yeosu in South Korea will seek to inspire its Expo visitors rather than attract them by size or number of pavilions like Shanghai, said the top official of the Expo 2012 yesterday. It will be a new exhibition offering different experiences, Kang Dong-Suk, head of the organizing committee of the Expo 2012 Yeosu, during a press conference on the National Day of the Pavilion of South Korea. The Yeosu Expo on the theme "Life of the Ocean and Coast: Diversity of Resources and Sustainable Activities", will begin May 12 and ends August 12 in 2012. The exhibition will take place on a site of 1.74 square kilometers, about one third of the Expo site in Shanghai. The organizers of Yeosu aims to attract over 100 countries, international organizations and companies that participate in the event. While more than 230 countries and organizations participating in the Expo 2010 Shanghai. Kang, the organizer of the Yeosu Expo has learned from the organizer of the Shanghai Expo and Yeosu can hope to match the success of Shanghai. Travel managers of China and South Korea have agreed to encourage more Chinese to visit the Expo 2012 and the South Koreans to visit the Expo 2010. About 10 million tourists in South Korea are expected to Shanghai this year, he said. There are two types of Expos - specialized and social. Social Expos are held every five years and launched at least six months. Specialized Expos are smaller and are held in the midst of social events. The World Expo Shanghai 2010 is a social event while Yeosu will be a special event. The Yeosu Expo has plans to create about 100,000 jobs for its residents and largely to drive the local economy, said Kang. It will focus on the prospect of humans wanting to live in harmony with the ocean by 2050 and to highlight the economy Bleue, a concept of economic system based on the sustainable development of oceans. The flag of the Republic of Korea at the Shanghai Expo receives about 27,000 visitors per day on average. This means that about 12 percent of Expo visitors will decide to see the flag. The pavilion has launched a music festival in Korea recently to celebrate National Flag. Super Junior, a pop music group famous for its dance song "Sorry, Sorry," and popular stars Kwon BoA and Ahn Chil Hyun will perform at the Cultural Center of the Expo. Visitors can exchange their tickets for the Expo for a pass for the concert.
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