The Busan episode of the tourism-promoting video series "Feel the Rhythm of Korea with BTS" produced by the Korea Tourism Organization (KTO) exceeded four million views on its first day of release. (Screen capture from KTO's official YouTube channel)

By Israa Mohamed

Two videos promoting tourism in Korea starring Jimin and Suga of BTS from the promotional series "Feel the Rhythm of Korea with BTS" reached a combined seven million views on their first day of release.

As of Oct. 21 at 11 a.m., the Busan episode of the series exceeded four million views and that featuring Daejeon three million.

The Korea Tourism Organization (KTO) on Oct. 20 released the two videos from the four-part series.

The series features Suga and Jimin against the background of four locations -- Busan, Daejeon, Pohang, Gyeongsangbuk-do Province, and Jeju Island -- and with matching old Korean pop songs playing in the background.

The Busan episode has as its background song "Return to Busan Port" (1984) by Cho Yong-pil and shows Busan, which seeks to host the 2030 World Expo, as one of Korea's leading tourist cities. The lyrics mention the port and Oryukdo Island as well as Marine City and Gwangandaegyo Bridge, two landmarks with renowned nightscapes.

Daejeon, the nation's fifth-most populous city (1.45 million), is making its debut in the video series. Highlighting a city that viewers had requested the most to be in the campaign, the Daejeon video shows an exciting metropolis accompanied by the song "You, I Happened to Meet" (1982) by the hard rock band Songolmae, people singing downtown and a crowd of about 200 doing a group dance in front of Hanbit Tower at Daejeon Expo Science Park.

The version for Pohang comes on Oct. 27 and that for Jeju Island on Nov. 2. 

The video series "Feel the Rhythm of Korea with BTS" stars BTS members Suga (right) and Jimin and promotes tourism in Busan, Daejeon, Pohang, Gyeongsangbuk-do Province, and Jeju Island with old Korean pop songs playing in the background. (Korea Tourism Organization)