According to a report made public by the Arts Council Korea on February 28, in 2016 Jeju hosted 133.3 arts productions per 100,000 people, the highest figure out of the 17 cities and provinces analyzed. (Image: Yonhap)
SEOUL, Feb. 28 (Korea Bizwire) – According to a report made public by the Arts Council Korea on February 28, in 2016 Jeju hosted 133.3 arts productions per 100,000 people, the highest figure out of the 17 cities and provinces analyzed.
Jeju’s tally was nearly 10 more than the 124.4 productions that took place in Seoul, and was double the derived average of 66.4.
Gangwon Province (93.1), Daegu (87.1) and Busan (74) lagged far behind, with North Gyeongsang Province proving to have the fewest number of arts productions with 38.3 per 100,000.
In terms of the actual total number of productions, 855 took place in Jeju in 2016, a 24.3 percent increase from 2015′s 688.
Meanwhile, South Korea’s major urban areas showed a decline during the same period. The number of productions in Seoul shrank by 0.9 percent (12,465 to 12,350) as did nearby Incheon’s by 7.5 percent (1,003). Only Gyeonggi Province showed growth, with an increase of 2.9 percent for a total of 3,925 productions.
A member of the Arts Council Korea said, “When compared to the results of past studies, which were skewed towards Seoul and the major urban areas, the recent report can be interpreted as indicating that the boundaries of arts productions are widening from key cities towards outer regions’ midpoints of culture.”
As a whole, the number of arts productions in South Korea climbed by 7.3 percent to 46,101 in 2016.
As a whole, the number of arts productions in South Korea climbed by 7.3 percent to 46,101 in 2016. (Image: Yonhap)
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