Hampyeong-gun Selected for Jeonnam Province Public Contest Project to Establish Specialized Ecological Experience Education Facility

Securing 11.6 Billion Won to Propel the 4·4·8 Tourism Project

[Hampyeong=Asia Economy Honam Reporting Headquarters Reporter Kim Chunsu] Hampyeong County has been finally selected in the ‘Jeonnam-type Regional Growth Strategic Project Contest’ hosted by Jeonnam Province, enabling the establishment of an eco-friendly and ecological experience specialized educational facility worth 11.6 billion KRW.

Hampyeong County, Jeonnam Province, announced on the 10th that the ‘Hampyeong Expo Park Edu-tainment Park Development Project’ was selected in the 2022 Jeonnam-type Regional Growth Strategic Project Contest hosted by Jeonnam Province on the 6th.

This contest project was promoted to select strategic projects suitable for regional characteristics to secure future growth engines of Jeonnam, strengthen the independent development capabilities of cities and counties, and support projects with high sustainability and scalability in the future.

The ‘Expo Park Edu-tainment Park Development Project’ is a project to create a strategic base for butterfly and insect specialized ecological education and build an ecological education environment linked to the Butterfly Festival and Hampyeong’s tourism industry.

Based on the know-how of successfully operating the Butterfly Festival for the past 23 years, the county plans to go beyond a festival-centered seasonal tourism strategy by establishing a ‘specialized ecological education experience facility’ to create a stay-type tourist destination and thereby attract visitors year-round.

With the selection in the contest project, Hampyeong County will invest a total project cost of 11.6 billion KRW to expand the specialized ecological school facilities within Expo Park over three years from 2022 to 2024, and develop and operate professional workforce training and educational programs.

Additionally, it plans to develop insect industry commercialization, ecological camping and village hotels, outdoor immersive content, Art-Biotop, and local tour courses.

County Governor Lee Sang-ik emphasized, “Through the final selection in this Jeonnam Province contest project, we will advance the image of Hampyeong, the hometown of eco-friendliness and ecology, to the next level with the insect industry,” adding, “At the point of preparing for the 2024 World Butterfly and Insect Expo and upgrading the education curriculum for infants and youth, the Hampyeong-type specialized ecological experience educational facility will serve as a catalyst for regional development’s new leap.”

Meanwhile, as part of the recent ‘4·4·8 Hampyeong Tourism Project’ (a tourism project to stay 4 hours in the forest, 4 hours by the sea, and 8 hours at Hampyeong accommodation), eight theme parks have been created in Butterfly Hill, Ecological Wetlands, Hampyeongcheon Stream, etc., and a 6 km ‘Hampyeongcheonji-gil’ trail connecting each park was established.

In this regard, various experience facilities such as Susanbong Observation Tower, zipline, skywalk, and nightscape lighting have been built, dreaming of a leap to a ‘stay-type tourist destination where visitors want to linger.’

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