Sunlight Gwangyang City Tour Night View Course Fully Operated from July

Special Travel Week Celebration: 50% Discount and Quiz Event Also Held

[Asia Economy Honam Reporting Headquarters Reporter Lee Hyung-kwon] Gwangyang City announced on the 25th that the Sunlight Gwangyang City Tour, which had delayed operation due to the impact of COVID-19, will resume normal operation starting next month when the Special Travel Week begins.

The Sunlight Gwangyang City Tour, which travels through every corner of Gwangyang with a cultural tourism guide, welcomes tourists with thorough quarantine measures such as vehicle disinfection before operation, provision of hand sanitizers, temperature checks before boarding, and mandatory mask-wearing.

The night view course operated this time is a program that tours sequentially from Suncheon Station at 3 p.m., passing through Gwangyang Bus Terminal, Jungma Tourist Information Center, Gubongsan Observatory, Yi Sun-sin Bridge Promotion Center (Observatory), Yi Sun-sin Bridge Food Town, Haeoreum Overpass & Rainbow Bridge, and Neuraengi-gol Starlight Festival. It operates only in July and August.

The first course of the tour, Gubongsan Observatory, is a famous spot listed in the ‘2020 Korea Tourism Organization Night Tourism Top 100’. During the day, visitors can see Gwangyang Bay, Suncheon, Yeosu Industrial Complex, and Namhae at a glance, and at night, they can enjoy the mysterious light-emitting beacon tower and the splendid panoramic night view.

At the Yi Sun-sin Bridge Promotion Center, shaped like a turtle ship, visitors can get a panoramic view of the elegant Yi Sun-sin Bridge, called a harp made of steel, Gwangyang Steelworks, Gwangyang Container Terminal, and the city area.

Haeoreum Overpass symbolizes the sun, the emblem of Gwangyang, energetically leaping over the waves of Gwangyang Bay, offering a subtle and sensuous melody of light, and serves as the highlight of the night view tour.

Next, visitors breathe in nature at Neuraengi-gol Natural Recreation Forest, a cypress forest for rest and healing selected as one of the ‘2017 Ministry of Culture, Sports and Tourism’s Top 30 Night Attractions Nationwide’, and immerse themselves in a festival of 14.3 million lights.

To commemorate the Special Travel Week, admission fees will be discounted by 50% for the entire next month, and an event will be held where participants can receive small souvenirs through quizzes with the guide.

Jung Young-mi, head of the Tourism Marketing Team, said, “The night view tour will be an opportunity to enjoy Gwangyang’s shining night, as expressed in the Gwangyang tourism slogan ‘Gwangyang shining day and night.’ We hope tourists visiting Gwangyang will follow the daily quarantine guidelines well and create special memories through a safer and healthier trip.”

Meanwhile, the Sunlight Gwangyang City Tour operates on weekdays with reservations of 10 or more people and on weekends with 5 or more people, and reservations can be made online on the Gwangyang City Hall website by 4 p.m. every Friday.

The usage fee is 3,000 KRW for general admission, 2,000 KRW for military personnel, seniors, and students, and 1,000 KRW for disabled persons and preschool children. Entrance fees to tourist sites, travel insurance, and meal expenses are separate.

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