Jangseong-gun Cancels 'Hwangryonggang Yellow Flower Festival'... Flood Recovery Funded by Festival Budget

[Asia Economy Honam Reporting Headquarters Reporter Jo Hangyu] Jangseong-gun, Jeonnam announced on the 19th that it will cancel the Hwangryonggang Yellow Flower Festival, which was scheduled for October.

This is a preemptive decision in response to the serious nationwide resurgence of COVID-19. The county also decided to cancel the Chukryeongsan Cypress Forest Festival (October) and Baekyang Maple Festival (November).

The Jangseong Hwangryonggang Yellow Flower Festival is an autumn flower festival representing not only Jangseong-gun but also Jeonnam.

Until last year, it attracted over one million visitors for three consecutive years. The one billion autumn flowers decorating the Hwangryonggang area received much love from tourists and earned the praise of being "the most beautiful flower river in Korea."

However, since the first confirmed case in Korea in February, COVID-19 has spread nationwide, and as it recently showed signs of a major outbreak centered in the metropolitan area, Jangseong-gun decided early to cancel the festival and focus administrative efforts on infectious disease response.

Earlier, in April, Jangseong-gun also abruptly canceled the "Jangseong Hwangryonggang Hong (洪) Gildongmu Flower Road Festival" to prevent the spread of COVID-19.

Yoo Doo-seok, the mayor of Jangseong-gun, said, "Our county has maintained zero confirmed cases despite the nationwide spread of COVID-19 over the past six months," adding, "This is the result of the active compliance with quarantine rules by Jangseong residents and the county's efforts."

He continued, "The health and safety of Jangseong residents take precedence over any administrative goals, and for this reason, we have decided to cancel all festivals this year," adding, "We will concentrate all of Jangseong-gun's capabilities on recovery from damage caused by heavy rains and COVID-19 quarantine, and respond thoroughly."

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