The Host City of IeSF 2012 World Championship

As we have been organizing the IeSF 2012 World Championship, we have finalized the period of it, and the host city of IeSF 2012 World Championship has finally been selected. Thus, we would like to share the information with all of our members. So, we hereby announce that IeSF 2012 World Championship will be held at Cheon-an City, Korea from 2nd to 6th of October this year. For your information, we would like to introduce the host city, Cheon-an, to all of you.
The name of the host city, Cheon-an, means that ‘the most peaceful place under the sky’. As the meaning of it, Cheon-an in the one of the most developed cities in Korea for education, culture, environment, welfare, transportation, and etc.
Cheon-an has fine accessibility to the capital city of Korea, Seoul. It is located about 90 kilometers far from Seoul, which takes about an hour, and has convenient transportation as connected with highway, railroad, and etc. Above all, it has an advantage that people can reach to Cheon-an by using Seoul Metro subway line.
Also, as the gateway of three major provinces of Korea, Cheonan is the place where people and cultures of Korea meet, and possesses numerous tour spots and diverse cultural events. There are numerous historic national treasures lying scattered all over Cheon-an. Moreover, there are “The 12 famous spots in Cheonan”, which shall not be passed during the visit of Cheon-an: 1. Cheonan Samgeori park, 2. The independence Hall of Korea, 3. Historic Site of Patriot Yu Gwan Sun, 4. Arario Sculpture Park, 5. Byeongcheon Sundae Street, 6. Gakwonsa temple, 7. Mt. Gwangdeoksan Snow Scene, 8. Huracle Resort Amusement Park, 9. Ipjang Grape Village, 10. Wangji Peak Pear Blossom, 11. Cheonhoji Pond Night Scene, 12. Cheon-an International Dance Festival. All these spots attract tourists with unique magnetism of each spot, such as beautiful natural landscape, unique local culture, history of Korea, modern comfort and recuperation, and etc.
IeSF 2012 World Championship will be hosted as using all these advantages of Cheon-an city’s position. The preliminaries of the tournament will be held within Cheon-an Samgeori Park which is one of “the 12 famous spots in Cheon-an”, and the main events will be held in Cheon-an Culture & Art Center, which is newly built.