“The Safest Place, Come Step on the ‘Horanggikkori’” … Pohang Homibando Coastal Trail Goes All In on Safe Tourism

Pohang City Launches Covid-Blue Healing Tourism Project

Walking Along the Natural Wave-Beaten Trekking Trails, Stress Flies Away

Dedicated Quarantine and Management Staff Deployed to Alleviate Tourism Anxiety

Homiban-do Coastal Trail. Pohang City is promoting it as a safe tourist destination to heal COVID-19 blues through secure quarantine management.

[Asia Economy Yeongnam Reporting Headquarters Reporter Kim Yong-woo] “Come step on the tiger’s tail at a COVID-safe tourist destination!”

They say it’s safe even to step on the ‘tiger’s tail’(?). On the map of the Korean Peninsula, the Yeongilman trekking course, which looks like a tiger’s tail, is said to be safe to walk without worrying about COVID-19.

Pohang City in Gyeongbuk Province has promoted the Homigot Peninsula Coastal Trail as a safe tourist destination by guaranteeing ‘safe quarantine’.

Pohang City is attracting attention as the best place to heal ‘COVID blues’ by deploying dedicated quarantine and management personnel along the open, natural coastal scenery.

The city intends to actively alleviate tourists’ anxiety at the municipal level and guarantee it as a safe and secure tourist attraction.

The Homigot Peninsula Coastal Trail is located at the easternmost part of the Korean Peninsula’s landmass, the so-called ‘tiger’s tail’ area. It is a coastal trekking road stretching eastward along Homigot and Yeongilman Bay.

Pohang City boasts that it is the country’s top-class healing trekking course where you can walk while listening to the sound of waves crashing right beside the sea.

The first course starts at Cheongnim Ilwol, the site of the historical legend of Yeonorang and Seonyeo in Pohang.

The trail connects a total of 58 km of coastline stretching eastward along Donghae-myeon, Guryongpo, Homigot, and Janggi-myeon, bordering Yeongilman Bay.

Pohang City has added ‘safety’ to gift travelers visiting the Homigot Peninsula Coastal Trail with liberation and freedom from COVID-19.

To create a safe travel environment and relieve travel anxiety, Pohang City is deploying 57 quarantine and management personnel to major local tourist spots such as Homigot, Cheolgil Forest, and Jukdo Market in the second half of the year, continuing from the first half, while carrying out the ‘Tourist Site Quarantine and Reception System Improvement Support Project.’

Additionally, quarantine personnel are stationed at major tourist sites to assist with mask-wearing and hand sanitizer use, and to lead daily quarantine practices such as maintaining a walking distance of over 2 meters. They are fully committed to tourist site quarantine.

In selecting quarantine personnel, priority was given to those severely affected by the prolonged COVID-19 situation, including unemployed or furloughed workers in the tourism industry, self-employed individuals in tourism businesses that have closed or suspended operations, and vulnerable groups facing difficulties.

A permanent inspection team has been organized for 72 tourist businesses in major tourist sites and the region, and during peak visitation periods such as golden holidays, summer vacation, and holidays, a special inspection team operates to ensure visitors to Pohang can travel with peace of mind.

Also, in July, a Traveler Center was opened in Homigot. It provides various traveler convenience services such as luggage storage lockers, smart device charging stations, and nursing rooms for visitors to Pohang. Cultural tourism guides offer a variety of tourism information.

As part of the second half’s Top 10 Themed Travel Projects, five privately-led traveler platforms including cafes and guesthouses have been selected to provide travelers with a higher level of tourism services.

Mayor Lee Kang-deok of Pohang proudly stated, “The wide East Sea and the open, natural Homigot Peninsula Coastal Trail, along with Pohang’s long coastline stretching north to south, are the perfect healing spaces to relieve a stifled mind.”

The mayor added, “We will strive for perfection in quarantine management so that citizens can safely and securely enjoy this premium healing tourist destination.”

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