Gyeongnam Province Plans 1.4041 Trillion Won Investment Over 10 Years for Gaya Historical and Cultural Zone Development Project

Decision to Invest 525.8 Billion KRW in Six Core Leading Projects Including Gaya World History Expo

[Asia Economy Yeongnam Reporting Headquarters Reporter Hwang Choi Hyun-joo] Gyeongnam Province announced on the 17th that it held the final report meeting for the "Basic Plan Establishment and Feasibility Study Research Service for the Ultra-wide Cooperation Gaya Cultural Zone Development" to systematically promote the national agenda of "Investigation, Research, and Maintenance of the Gaya Cultural Zone."

The report meeting was attended by officials from the Ministry of Culture, Sports and Tourism, the National Gaya Cultural Heritage Research Institute, and four metropolitan cities/provinces in Yeongnam and Honam regions including Gyeongnam, Gyeongbuk, Jeonbuk, and Busan, as well as city and county officials.

Since the 7th local government administration, the province has recognized the need for more stable and systematic government support to maintain the Gaya cultural zone and has been promoting the enactment of a special law along with the basic plan establishment service.

The vision of this research service was "Open Gaya, Together Gaya Cultural Zone," and it established a promotion plan for 6 major strategies, 20 tasks, and 86 detailed projects aimed at clarifying and establishing Gaya history, rational preservation and management of Gaya heritage, and utilization and value creation of Gaya historical resources. Through this, it plans to invest 1.4041 trillion KRW over the next 10 years.

Additionally, among the 20 tasks, it plans to invest a total of 525.8 billion KRW in 6 core leading tasks for focused promotion.

The 6 core leading tasks were selected based on importance, urgency, feasibility, and project effect analysis among the 20 tasks, and include ▲ Establishment of Digital Open Gaya Heritage ▲ Stepwise preservation, management, and maintenance of Gaya royal fortress sites ▲ Advancement of Gaya cultural zone museums ▲ Creation of cultural and artistic hubs at Gaya burial mounds ▲ Development of Gaya smart cultural tourism zone ▲ Hosting of the Gaya World History Expo.

At the final report meeting, Ha Byung-pil, Deputy Governor of Gyeongsangnam-do, requested, "As this is a wide-area linked and cooperative project for enhancing the status of the Gaya historical and cultural zone spanning six metropolitan cities and provinces in Yeongnam and Honam and for balanced regional development, I hope all the officials present here will join forces together."

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