Imsil-gun Achieves Dual Benefits in Okjeongho Water Quality Management and Tourism Development

[Asia Economy Honam Reporting Headquarters Reporter Park Nosik] Imsil-gun, Jeonbuk Province, has begun thorough water quality management and inspection of key core projects to welcome spring tourists to Okjeongho, a treasure of Jeonbuk Province with its pristine natural scenery.

On the 1st, the county held the '2021 Okjeongho Water Source Guardians Launch Ceremony' at the Okjeongho Management Office attended by County Governor Sim Min, where 23 guardians were appointed and given certificates along with training on work guidelines and safety education.

The 23 newly selected guardians this year will focus on water quality improvement activities from this month until October, including monitoring illegal dumping of trash around the Okjeongho waterfront and surface, collecting abandoned garbage, and reporting and educating on illegal fishing activities.

The county will promptly review the key issues discussed that day and apply them on site, and with the arrival of the peak leisure season, will also conduct intensive crackdowns on illegal fishing and other water quality management within Okjeongho.

Governor Sim Min then visited the site of the Seomjingang Eco Museum construction and the Okjeongho Water Culture Trail development, emphasizing the need to devote all efforts to attracting tourists through swift project implementation.

He also instructed to prepare meticulous project rationale plans to secure new national budget projects for next year’s ‘Okjeongho Ecological Exploration Trail Construction,’ which involves an investment of 7.5 billion won, and to ensure no negligence in inspecting project sites in preparation for the Ministry of Environment’s on-site evaluation visit.

Okjeongho provided an opportunity for new regional development after the lifting of the water source protection zone in the Imsil area in 2015.

Since then, Imsil-gun has rapidly promoted core projects toward the ‘Seomjingang Renaissance Era’ through the first and second phases of the Seomjingang Eco Museum project, the Okjeongho Water Culture Trail development, and the opening of access and connecting roads to the Seomjingang Eco Museum, becoming a future growth engine for Imsil-gun and a treasure of Jeonbuk Province.

Governor Sim Min said, “Okjeongho is a representative tourist resource of Jeonbuk Province and is well known nationwide as a beautiful lake,” adding, “We will focus more on environmentally friendly development that harmonizes with this natural scenery and carefully ensure that the key core projects of Okjeongho are successfully promoted.”

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