PyeongChang’s bid for the 2014 Winter Olympic Games will receive support from South Korea’s Ministry of Culture and Tourism which formed a special coordination team August 2. Ministry officials have budgeted five billion won to speed the city’s recovery from July’s storm damage, and the central government has committed an extra 1.53 billion won to Gangwon Province from its 2007 budget to expand infrastructure at winter sports venues and improve the regional transportation network.
Funding will be focused toward restoration of facilities affected by the storms, at the Gangwon mountain resorts of Yongpyong, Sungwoo and Bokwang Phoenix Park.
Hyun Jae Cho, director general of the ministry’s Sports Bureau said, “we will develop a detailed plan to improve the situation in Gangwon Province following a government inspection on August 11. We anticipate everything being improved and ready before the IOC evaluation team visits in February 2007”.
PyeongChang 2014 bid officials say they are confidently forging ahead with support now coming from the national Parliament, the Culture and Tourism Ministry, and a global volunteer network of winter sports lovers known as Dongsamo.
