Miryang City Accelerates Preparations for the 62nd Miryang Arirang Festival

Held for 4 days from May 14 to 17

[Asia Economy Yeongnam Reporting Headquarters Reporter Kang Woo-kwon] Miryang City, Gyeongsangnam-do (Mayor Park Il-ho) has decided to hold the 62nd Miryang Arirang Festival for four days from May 14 to 17 and has begun full-scale preparations.

The Miryang Arirang Festival attracted 430,000 tourists last year and generated an economic effect of 16.8 billion KRW, establishing itself as a representative cultural tourism festival of Gyeongnam. Riding on this success, it was also selected as a government-designated cultural tourism festival for 2020-2021.

Accordingly, the city is accelerating efforts to plan festival content befitting the status of a leading cultural tourism festival in Korea and to create economic ripple effects in the local economy. This year, the Miryang Arirang Festival will significantly expand the scale and content of the representative program, the 'Arirang Theme Hall.'

It will expand experiential, participatory, performance, and exhibition programs that anyone, regardless of age or gender, can enjoy, and provide tourists with high-quality sights and entertainment through the live multimedia performance 'Miryanggang Odyssey.'

Especially under the slogan "The Resonance of Arirang, The Beat of the Future," this festival will present a meaningful journey to trace the traces and sentiments of Miryang Arirang scattered around the world through the newly introduced global projects 'Diaspora Miryang Arirang' and 'Miryang Arirang Hanaro FESTA.'

In addition, the festival plans to contribute to revitalizing the local commercial district by introducing various experiential and participatory programs that strengthen the thematic nature of Miryang Arirang and operating significantly enhanced nighttime programs to encourage longer stays by tourists.

Mayor Park Il-ho of Miryang said, "Through the Miryang Arirang Festival, which was selected as a government-designated cultural tourism festival for 2020-2021, we will do our best to provide unforgettable emotions and memories to tourists along with the citizens of Miryang."

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