Damyang 'Changpyeong Gukbap Street' Selected as Target Site for Namdo Food Street Development Project

Jeonnam Province to Support with 1 Billion KRW over 2 Years... Expanding Tourist Convenience Facilities and Promoting Environmental Improvements

[Muan=Asia Economy Honam Reporting Headquarters Reporter Yoon Jamin] Jeonnam Province announced on the 18th that it has selected Damyang’s ‘Changpyeong Gukbap Street’ as the target site for the 2021 Namdo Food Street Development Project.

The project received favorable evaluations due to the historical significance of the market with over 70 years of tradition and the geographical advantage of being adjacent to Damyang’s representative tourist attractions such as Changpyeong Slow City and Soswaewon Garden.

Starting this year, 1 billion KRW will be supported over two years to expand tourist convenience facilities, including installing street symbols, renovating restaurant signs, securing pedestrian walkways and parking lots, and improving the surrounding environment.

Damyang County expects synergy effects such as economic recovery and revitalization of commercial districts in the old downtown area, which is currently suffering from economic downturn due to COVID-19, through the creation of the Namdo Food Street.

The Namdo Food Street Development Project began in 2016 and has been completed in nine locations including Suncheon, Gwangyang, Gokseong, Goheung, Boseong, Jangheung, Gangjin, Wando, and Sinan.

Five locations?Mokpo, Haenam, Muan, Yeonggwang, and Jangseong?plan to complete the project this year and welcome tourists.

Gwak Jungil, Director of the Food and Drug Division of Jeonnam Province, said, “We hope that the Namdo Food Street Development Project will serve as a catalyst to establish a new food tourism destination, thereby inheriting and developing Namdo cuisine and revitalizing the local economy.”

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