'Pristine Remote Area' Jukpa-ri, Yeongyang-gun to Host 'Birch Forest Tourism Complex' Rising Like an Island

Gyeongbuk Province Completes Final Report Meeting on Basic Planning Service
Utilizing 'Birch Forest' Equivalent to 42 Soccer Fields
"Developing into the Nation's Top Stay-Type Forest Tourism Destination"

Conceptual diagram of 'Yeongyang Jajakdo'.

[Asia Economy Yeongnam Reporting Headquarters Reporter Park Dong-wook] A part of the birch tree forest in Jukpari, Subi-myeon, Yeongyang-gun, Gyeongbuk, which was created in 1993 and is equivalent to the size of 42 soccer fields, will be newly developed into a stay-type forest tourism complex.

Gyeongbuk Province and Yeongyang-gun named the tourism complex "Yeongyang Jajakdo" to emphasize the image of enjoying a travel destination while staying in a limited space known as the "island with birch trees," as Yeongyang was once called "the most remote of the remote areas."

At the final report meeting of the Gyeongbuk Province research project held on the 4th, 16 detailed projects under four strategic tasks were presented with the goal of developing the "Yeongyang Jajakdo" forest tourism site: ▲making it a forest tourism attraction ▲developing forest tourism products as resources ▲building forest tourism infrastructure ▲strengthening residents' capabilities.

Based on the research report, Gyeongbuk Province plans to attract a large number of edutainment facilities that combine education and tourism centered on forest leisure sports.

Earlier, as part of the forest tourism revitalization plan, Gyeongbuk Province signed a business agreement on November 19 last year with the Southern Regional Forest Service and Yeongyang-gun to revitalize the Yeongyang birch forest area, which was planted in 1933 and covers 30 hectares, and created a 2 km forest trail.

The birch forest in Jukpari, Yeongyang-gun.

Following this, to improve accessibility, the entrance road, County Road No. 8, and forest roads are being widened and paved, and infrastructure such as securing parking lots is being established.

Additionally, in June of this year, the area was designated as a nationally designated state-owned forest premium forest, and in July, it was selected for the "2020 Regional Demand Customized Support Project" conducted by the Ministry of Land, Infrastructure and Transport, securing 2.8 billion KRW in project funds.

In October, it received 1 billion KRW for the "State-owned Forest Utilization Mountain Village Revitalization Project" and 450 million KRW for the "Idle Forest Resource Assetization Project," securing a total of 4.25 billion KRW in project funds through three government public projects conducted this year alone, laying the foundation for creating a premium forest tourism site, according to Gyeongbuk Province.

Choi Dae-jin, Director of the Environmental and Forest Resources Bureau of Gyeongbuk Province, expressed strong determination, saying, "We will actively promote the project plans derived from this research to develop Yeongyang Birch Forest into the best stay-type premium forest tourism site in Korea."

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