Incheon City to Create a 'Luxury Island' by 2030... Establishes Landscape Management Plan for Island Areas

Incheon City Hall

[Asia Economy Reporter Park Hyesook] Incheon City and its districts and counties are embarking on a project to create "premium islands" through landscape projects in island areas by 2030.

On the 22nd, the city announced that it has reorganized the procedures for promoting landscape projects to enhance the value of island areas and secure future competitiveness, and established a cooperative platform with districts and counties for efficient project implementation.

Last year, the city became the first nationwide to establish an "Island Area Landscape Management Plan" based on the Landscape Act, setting a future landscape vision called "Incheon, the Island with Beautiful Scenery," and plans to gradually create premium islands by 2030 under the themes of "Beautiful Island," "Island to Live," and "Island to Visit."

This year, as part of creating an "Island to Live," the city is conducting a pilot project to specialize the landscape of island village roof colors, along with a landscape specialization project for Wangsanhotspring Beach, an "Island to Visit," in four locations across Jung-gu, Ganghwa-gun, and Ongjin-gun.

To this end, the city reviewed the causes of previous landscape project stagnation, prepared improvement measures, and began full-scale project promotion starting with meetings between districts and counties.

In particular, by establishing a cooperative platform for communication between the city and districts and counties, residents, experts, and public officials will work together to reduce trial and error in landscape projects and maximize project effectiveness.

When promoting landscape projects, the city plans to actively reflect the opinions of island residents, check and datafy resident satisfaction even after project completion, and annually prepare a project white paper to continuously upgrade island landscape policies.

An official from Incheon City stated, "Although the potential value of Incheon's island areas is infinite, it is fading due to unplanned development. We will preserve excellent island landscapes and create distinctive scenery to increase tourism demand and contribute to enhancing regional competitiveness."

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