Boseong-Type Blue Economy Takes Flight... Secures Additional 41 Billion Won for Marine Projects

Securing National Funding for Integrated Tourist Theme Road Development in Beolgyo Area Worth 100 Billion Won and Fishing Village New Deal Project

[Boseong=Asia Economy Honam Reporting Headquarters Reporter Park Cheon-seok] Boseong-gun, Jeollanam-do announced on the 11th that the establishment of a marine tidal flat ecological network and trail construction project (35 billion KRW) and the 2021 Fishing Village New Deal 300 project (6 billion KRW) have been additionally confirmed in the government budget, accelerating the promotion of the Boseong-type Blue Economy.

With this budget secured, a wide-area marine hub will be constructed from Hoecheon Deukryang Bay to Beolgyo Yeojaman, and the development of the integrated tourism road in the Beolgyo area, worth over 100 billion KRW, connecting the Beolgyo Taebaek Mountain Literature Museum to Jangdo, is expected to gain momentum.

The marine tidal flat ecological network construction project involves investing 35 billion KRW in Jangam-ri and Jangdo-ri areas of Beolgyo-eup, Boseong-gun, to create a sea trail (3.5 km), a coastal trail (6.6 km), and build a wetland conservation center, aiming to highlight the ecological excellence of Yeojaman Beolgyo tidal flats.

Boseong-gun has secured 43 billion KRW for the existing △Marine Leisure Tourism Hub Construction Project, progressing with the establishment of a comprehensive marine leisure center equipped with the country's largest infinity pool and the deepest scuba diving facilities in the Hoecheon-myeon area, and △Jeollanam-do Teachers' Education and Cultural Facility (30.8 billion KRW) is also underway.

Additionally, to revitalize underdeveloped fishing villages and increase income, 35.8 billion KRW was secured for two sites each in 2019 and 2020 under the Fishing Village New Deal 300 project, and this December, Deukryang Cheongam Port was selected, securing an additional 6 billion KRW budget.

Boseong-gun expects that through the additionally secured marine tourism projects and Fishing Village New Deal 300 projects, the tourism resources of Boseong-gun's fishing villages will be revitalized and the income of farming and fishing households will increase.

Governor Kim Cheol-woo said, “We will integrate the various unit projects currently underway to develop a wide-area marine tourism hub, and create an integrated tourism road that covers both culture and nature, from the novel Taebaek Mountain Range, a pride of the Beolgyo area, to tidal flats, the nationally important fishery heritage mudflat boats, and cockles, nurturing it as a tourism resource with the most Beolgyo-like color.”

Meanwhile, to build the integrated tourism road in the Beolgyo area, Boseong-gun is promoting related projects such as △Marine Tidal Flat Ecological Network Construction and Trail Project (35 billion KRW), △Novel Taebaek Mountain Range Theme Park Construction Project (8 billion KRW), △Yeojaman Beolgyo Tidal Flat Marine Theme Park Construction Project (9 billion KRW), △Fishing Village New Deal (Jangyang Port, Sangjin Port / 17.7 billion KRW), △Island Beautification Project (4 billion KRW), △Beautiful Island Beautification Project (6 billion KRW), and △Jeseoksan Su-seok Park Construction Project (4 billion KRW), and is accelerating efforts to prepare for an investment of over 100 billion KRW by vigorously applying for the 2021 Cultural Heritage Administration project △Modern Historical and Cultural Space Revitalization Project (worth 20 billion KRW).

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