Sinan-gun Cancels Major Spring Flower Festival Completely

Narcissus Festival and Tulip Festival Successively Canceled

Scenery of the daffodil cultivation site at Seondo, Jido-eup, Sinan-gun for the 'Island Daffodil Festival' (Photo by Sinan-gun)

[Asia Economy Honam Reporting Headquarters Reporter Seo Young-seo] Sinan-gun, Jeollanam-do (Governor Park Woo-ryang) announced on the 11th that it will completely cancel the ‘Island Narcissus Festival’ and ‘Island Tulip Festival’ scheduled to be held in April to prevent the spread of COVID-19 and block its entry into the local community.

The Narcissus Festival and Tulip Festival, held annually in April, are Sinan-gun’s representative spring flower festivals where visitors can enjoy the natural scenery combining flowers and the sea at a glance.

In particular, the Narcissus Festival is attracting attention as a representative resident-led village festival, as the residents of the small island village (Jido-eup Seondo) directly cultivate narcissus and promote the festival.

Since its first opening last year, about 12,000 tourists have visited, making it a representative island festival of Sinan-gun.

The Tulip Festival was scheduled to hold its 12th festival this year, featuring the white sandy beach (12 km) of Imjado Daegwang Beach, the largest scale in East Asia, along with one million tulips, canola flowers, and various other spring flowers, making it a truly representative island flower festival in Korea.

Park Young-sik, Chairman of the Narcissus Festival Promotion Committee, and Kim Jeong-won, Chairman of the Tulip Festival Promotion Committee, said, “All committee members took the lead in preparing the festivals to hold the narcissus and tulip festivals, heralds of spring, so it is regrettable,” and added, “All residents hope that COVID-19 will end soon, and we will do our best to prepare for next year’s festivals so that exhausted citizens can visit and recharge.”

Governor Park Woo-ryang said, “As local festivals and events are being canceled one after another, we are implementing various policies to revitalize the depressed local economy, such as a 10% discount event on the 1004 Island Sinan Gift Certificates.”

The Narcissus Festival was scheduled to be held from the 6th to the 19th of next month in Jido-eup Seondo, and the Tulip Festival from the 10th to the 19th of next month in the Daegwang Beach area of Imja-myeon.

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