Metacon is known to be the largest networking and knowledge-sharing festival in Asia in the web 3.0 and metaverse industries, and is the main conference of Seoul Meta Week (SMW).

STO appointed Executive Director Ham Kyung-Joon, the former CEO of the Ulsan Tourism Organization, to the position of Executive Director of the International Tourism & MICE Division in June. He developed extensive hands-on experience and expertise in the tourism and MICE sectors from working in the Korea Tourism Organization (KTO).

Amid the skyrocketing number of visitors coming to Seoul post-pandemic, STO has been pushing ahead with its Seoul Universal Tourism Project to make Seoul a tourist city where all people, including those with particular needs, can enjoy easy-access travel. This year, STO is offering a wide range of barrier-free services to promote local tourism in the city.

The City of Seoul and the Seoul Tourism Organization’s 2023 Healing Your Life, Seoul in Almaty held on July 12 and 13 in Almaty, Kazakhstan, ended in success. Held under the theme of “Healing Your Life, Seoul”, the two-day event consisted of health consultations, Seoul tourism presentations, and B2B consultations.

The Seoul Metropolitan Government and the STO hosted Samsung Galaxy Unpacked 2023 at COEX on the 26th of July. Samsung Galaxy Unpacked is the largest global event hosted by Samsung and watched by IT professionals and businesses throughout the world.