Jangseong-gun Cancels 'Gildongmu Flower Road Festival' and Others to Prevent COVID-19 Spread

[Jangseong=Asia Economy Honam Reporting Headquarters Reporter Jo Hangyu] Jangseong-gun, Jeollanam-do (Governor Yoo Doo-seok) announced on the 22nd that it will cancel the Vincent's Spring Festival and the Hwangryonggang (洪) Gildongmu Flower Road Festival (hereinafter referred to as the Gildongmu Flower Road Festival) again this year to prevent the spread of COVID-19, following last year.

The Gildongmu Flower Road Festival is a newly introduced festival by the county in May 2019, adding the Hwangryonggang flower road to the 20-year history of the Hong Gildong Festival.

At the time of the event, 240,000 tourists visited, and along with the autumn Yellow Flower Festival attracting 1 million tourists, it was recognized for its potential to grow into a representative festival of the county.

Vincent's Spring, held every April at Jangseong Station Plaza and Jangseong Park, is a small-scale festival combining the painter Vincent van Gogh, represented by the color yellow, and splendid spring flowers. It is regarded as a governance-type festival with direct participation from local youth associations and artist groups.

Recently, the county positively reviewed holding the spring festival to revitalize the local economy as social distancing measures were eased from level 2 to 1.5 and the spread of community infections subsided.

However, as the number of new COVID-19 cases rose again to the 600s and the domestic outbreak situation continued, the county decided to cancel the festival and focus administrative efforts on responding to the COVID-19 infectious disease.

In preparation for the festival, the county plans to conduct intensive quarantine along the Hwangryonggang area, anticipating an influx of visitors to the flower road, and will strengthen enforcement against not wearing masks.

Governor Yoo Doo-seok said, “Since it was unavoidable to cancel all spring festivals for the health and safety of the people, I hope everyone will participate in preventing the spread of COVID-19 and its early end,” and added, “I look forward to many people walking along the beautiful flower road by the Hwangryonggang next year.”

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