Jeonju City Creates 'Cheotmajung Library' for Train Travelers

A Total of 320 Million Won Invested in Traveler Lounge and Art Book Exhibition Space, etc.

Jeonju Cheotmajung-gil

[Asia Economy Honam Reporting Headquarters Reporter Hong Jaehee] Jeonju City in Jeollabuk-do is set to create a unique traveler’s library on Cheotmajung-gil in front of Jeonju Station, marking the beginning and end of train journeys.

On the 22nd, the city announced plans to establish the ‘Cheotmajung Library’ (tentative name), an unconventional library that will provide convenience to travelers and allow them to browse recommended travel books, with a total project cost of 320 million KRW by the end of this year.

The Cheotmajung Library will utilize container boxes to create a 120㎡ space featuring a traveler’s lounge, an art book exhibition area, and a local bookstore recommended book display area, designed with glass walls so that books on display can be seen from outside.

The traveler’s lounge, ‘Cheotmajung,’ will be a space for travelers offering tourism information services, access to various travel books, free Wi-Fi and charging services, and luggage storage.

The art book exhibition area will showcase 200 books, including transformer books and music books that appeal to people in their 20s and 30s, in collaboration with ‘Yeppeun Chaekbang Hazel,’ an art book specialty bookstore in Busan.

Additionally, the local bookstore space will feature 800 recommended books for travelers contributed by local bookstores, along with goods such as stamps and postcards to introduce the bookstores.

The city expects that once the Cheotmajung Library is established, it will provide a community space for travelers in their 20s and 30s and family travelers who travel by train and on foot to share travel information, as well as serve as an opportunity to promote local bookstores.

Prior to this, the city has been consulting with representatives of local bookstores, traveler’s library officials from other municipalities, poets, and a chief landscape architect to transform existing container boxes into a library for travelers.

Park Nammi, director of Jeonju City Library, said, “The Cheotmajung Library will be a space where travelers visiting Jeonju and citizens can learn about Jeonju and find healing,” adding, “We will prepare thoroughly so that the beginning and end of journeys can be with the Cheotmajung Library.”

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