Geochang County Governor, Development of Gamaksan Themed Tourist Site ... Visit to Haeinsa Temple

Usage Agreement on Gamaksan Anti-Aging Wellness Experience Center, Trail Construction, and Access Road Expansion and Paving

Gu In-mo, Geochang County Governor, is discussing the project plan for creating a themed tourist complex at the summit of Gamaksan and visiting Haeinsa Temple. (Photo by Geochang County)

[Asia Economy Yeongnam Reporting Headquarters Reporter Choi Soon-kyung] Geochang-gun, Gyeongnam Province announced on the 28th that it visited Haeinsa Temple to create a themed tourist site at the summit of Gamaksan Mountain and held a meeting to discuss the business plan and land use.

At the meeting, Geochang County Governor Gu In-mo, the head monk of Haeinsa Temple, Monk Jaemu, and Monk Social Director attended to discuss the expansion of the Gamaksan Anti-Aging Wellness Experience Center, the creation of a trail, the use of land for road widening and expansion, and the Buddhist theme park business plan, agreeing to cooperate mutually.

The county plans to develop package tour products by linking nearby tourist resources.

As part of the anti-aging healing special zone policy, the county has been planting and managing chrysanthemums such as Gamguk, Gujeolcho, and Aster at the summit of Gamaksan Mountain since 2017.

This year, from the Chuseok holiday, Aster and Gujeolcho flowers bloomed fully, attracting about 70,000 tourists at once due to voluntary SNS marketing effects, gaining popularity.

However, there are some issues such as road passing on the access road, parking lot, night tourism, and lack of auxiliary facilities. Next year, with a budget of 1 billion KRW, the county plans to expand chrysanthemum flowers including Aster, Gujeolcho, and Shasta Daisy, install LED lighting facilities for stay-type night tourism, reinforce car camping facilities, and create trails through public contests.

Geochang County Governor Gu In-mo expressed his ambition, saying, “This year, many voluntary tourists visited Gamaksan Mountain, and based on the potential for development as a new themed tourist site, we will link the Gamaksan area tourist resources to create future growth engines for the county.”

He added, “As the first step, the win-win cooperative relationship with Haeinsa Temple (Jogye Order) will help realize the creation of the Gamaksan themed tourist site.”

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