Hampyeong-gun Decides to Postpone This Year's 'Korea Chrysanthemum Festival' by 2 Weeks

Scheduled to be held for 17 days from November 5 to 21

[Asia Economy Honam Reporting Headquarters Reporter Kim Chunsu] Hampyeong-gun, Jeollanam-do announced on the 30th that it has decided to postpone the 2021 Korea Chrysanthemum Festival to ensure the safety of residents and tourists amid the spread of COVID-19.

According to this decision, the Korea Chrysanthemum Festival, originally scheduled for the 22nd of next month, will be held for 17 days from November 5th to 21st, two weeks later.

The postponement of the festival schedule was decided on the 28th when the Central Disaster and Safety Countermeasures Headquarters (hereinafter ‘CDSCH’) inspected the festival plans of local governments nationwide due to a sharp increase in COVID-19 confirmed cases after the Chuseok holiday.

Following the CDSCH’s recommendation to cancel or postpone festivals, the county held an emergency meeting and the Hampyeong Festival Tourism Foundation board meeting on the 28th and 29th, respectively, to review the Korea Chrysanthemum Festival plans and decided to postpone the festival schedule.

Additionally, the county will apply strengthened quarantine rules during the Korea Chrysanthemum Festival to ensure a safe festival.

The Hampyeong Expo Park, where the festival is held, will be conducted mainly for exhibitions and viewing, and the venue capacity, which can accommodate up to 12,000 people, will be limited to 4,000 people by applying one person per 15㎡.

County Governor Lee Sang-ik said, “It is regrettable that we had to significantly revise the festival’s direction due to the sudden surge in confirmed cases just as we are about to transition to the With-Corona era,” and added, “Since we postponed the festival schedule according to the CDSCH’s policy, we will prepare strengthened quarantine rules and promote it as a ‘safe festival.’”

Meanwhile, the 2021 Korea Chrysanthemum Festival, hosted by Hampyeong-gun and organized by the Hampyeong Festival Tourism Foundation, will be held under the theme of ‘Coexistence of Earth and Humans,’ where visitors can see various chrysanthemum art exhibits at Hampyeong Expo Park and throughout Hampyeong-eup downtown area.

This content was produced with the assistance of AI translation services.