Haenam-gun Builds Smart Tourism City Together with Residents

Smart Tourism City Resident Briefing Session, Gathering Opinions on Development Plans

Haenam-gun held a 2021 Smart Tourism City Development Resident Briefing Session on the 12th at the county office situation room. (Photo by Haenam-gun)

[Asia Economy Honam Reporting Headquarters Reporter Kim Hyun] Haenam County, Jeonnam announced on the 17th that it held a 2021 Smart Tourism City Creation Resident Briefing Session at the county office situation room on the 12th and began collecting opinions from residents of various sectors.

The resident briefing session, attended by local tourism businesses, the regional tourism council, and resident representatives, was organized to reflect residents' opinions on the 2021 Haenam-type Smart Tourism City creation contest plan.

The smart tourism city concept aims to create a tourism environment where travel is convenient with just a mobile device. Haenam County is accelerating efforts to promote the "Haenam-type Smart Tourism City Creation," where the local government becomes the main agent of the tourism industry centered on regionally specialized content.

Earlier, on the 12th of last month, the county held a workshop with the Smart Tourism Association and private companies to listen to opinions from experts in various fields and discuss MOU promotion plans with consortium companies, thereby concretizing the 2021 Smart Tourism City contest plan.

During the briefing session, rapidly changing tourism trends due to COVID-19 were introduced, along with mid- to long-term plans for Haenam tourism development such as building wellness-based stay-type tourist destinations, job creation through Haenam-type tourism venture fostering projects, and attracting IT-based tourism venture companies and digital nomads.

Additionally, proposals were made for promoting hidden local tourism resources, establishing a platform to provide guidance on transportation means such as tourist buses and taxis, commercializing Hanok experience village tourism products, and reducing social commerce fees that burden small business owners.

The county plans to prepare for the contest project step-by-step through service report meetings and signing MOUs with related companies, aiming to thoroughly revitalize local tourism by implementing a smart tourism ecosystem.

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