Gurye-gun Cancels the 22nd Gurye Sansuyu Flower Festival

Continued Spread of COVID-19, Festival Canceled for Public Health and Safety
Stepwise Quarantine Measures Implemented Including Checkpoints for Spring Visitors

[Asia Economy Honam Reporting Headquarters Reporter Yuk Miseok] Gurye-gun announced on the 19th that it has canceled the 22nd Gurye Sansuyu Flower Festival to prevent the spread of COVID-19.

Although the festival was canceled, the county expects that visitors will continue to come steadily when the Sansuyu flowers are in full bloom, and plans to operate quarantine posts at the Sansuyu flower clusters and the entrance of the Sansuyu Culture Center to prepare for COVID-19 prevention.

Disinfection of multi-use facilities around the festival site will be conducted daily, and dedicated personnel will be assigned to public restrooms to disinfect them more than twice a day.

In addition, street vendors and night market sales activities will be intensively monitored, and enforcement against illegal parking along major roads near the Sansuyu flower clusters will be strengthened.

Kim Sunho, the governor of Gurye-gun, said, "It is regrettable that the festival has been canceled for two consecutive years, but it is an unavoidable measure to block the spread of community infection," adding, "We will make every effort to implement traffic and quarantine measures in preparation for the influx of tourists during the Sansuyu flower blooming season."

Meanwhile, Gurye-gun is the largest Sansuyu cluster in South Korea and has held the Gurye Sansuyu Flower Festival on a large scale every March.

However, due to COVID-19, the festival was canceled this year as well as last year.

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