Professor Moon Seong-jong nominated to lead Jeju Tourism Organization; provincial council hearing ahead

【Financial News Jeju=Reporter Jeong Yong-bok】 Professor Moon Seong-jong of the Department of Hotel Management at Jeju Halla University has been nominated as a candidate for president of the 7th Jeju Tourism Organization. He was selected as the final candidate in an open recruitment that drew 10 applicants and is awaiting a personnel hearing before the Jeju Provincial Council.
According to Jeju Special Self-Governing Province on the 22nd, the Jeju Tourism Organization’s executive recommendation committee reviewed applications and interviewed the 10 candidates who applied through the open recruitment, then recommended two candidates to Jeju Province. Governor Wi Seong-gon selected Professor Moon Seong-jong as the final candidate.
Born in Jeju, nominee Moon was appointed a professor at Jeju Halla University in 1995 and has worked in the tourism sector for more than 30 years. He has served as a member of the Committee on Decentralization and Development under the Presidential Commission on Policy Planning, a member of a government performance evaluation committee, and a director of the Jeju Tourism Organization’s establishment promotion team and a non-executive director of the organization.
Jeju Province said it had assessed nominee Moon as having experience in tourism research and education, central government policy evaluation, and participation in the operation of public institutions. It explained that, on this basis, it considered the nominee well suited to lead the organization’s management innovation and implementation of tourism policies.

The nomination is part of the selection of the Jeju Tourism Organization’s next president following the launch of the 9th popularly elected Jeju provincial administration. The term of office of Seungchul Ko, the organization’s sixth president, is scheduled to end on the 31st. The next president will serve a three-year term and may be reappointed for one-year terms.
The Jeju Tourism Organization’s key initiatives include expanding the tourism market, strengthening the competitiveness of regional tourism, fostering tourism businesses, and operating designated duty-free shops. The next president will be expected to have expertise in the tourism industry as well as management capabilities suited to a local public corporation.
After completing related procedures, including checks for disqualifying factors concerning nominee Moon, Jeju Province requested a personnel hearing from the Jeju Provincial Council on the 21st. The final appointment will be made after the remaining procedures, including the personnel hearing.


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