Sinan-gun, the Small Island Byeongpungdo's Miracle: Successful Hosting of the 'Island Celosia Online Festival'

Completion of 10-Day Grand Journey, Successful New Attempt with Online Method

The '2021 Island Celosia Online Festival' was held for 10 days. ⓒ Asia Economy

[Asia Economy Honam Reporting Headquarters Reporter Seo Young-seo] Sinan-gun, Jeollanam-do (Governor Park Woo-ryang) successfully concluded the ‘2021 Island Cockscomb Online Festival’ on the 10th, demonstrating the miracle of the small island Byeongpungdo.

According to the county on the 12th, the Island Cockscomb Festival, held mainly online amid the COVID-19 crisis, wrapped up its 10-day journey from the 1st to the 10th, receiving favorable reviews both domestically and internationally with a variety of over 10 different content types.

Additionally, the program was conducted using various platforms such as YouTube and the festival homepage to make it easier for more people to access the online festival.

In particular, the live commerce held twice provided an opportunity to promote the excellence of Sinan specialties such as seaweed and king shrimp, and throughout the festival period, the county’s online shopping mall, ‘Sinan 1004 Mall,’ continuously operated discount sales.

Offline, the festival offered unique memories to visitors with events such as the red dress code certification event and a photography event by a Byeongpungdo photographer.

Governor Park Woo-ryang said, “The Island Cockscomb Festival is a festival that showed the miracle of Byeongpungdo, a small island with a population of about 100, attracting nearly 10,000 visitors, 100 times its population, over ten days,” and added, “Next year, I hope many people can come to the site without worries about COVID-19, see the beautiful cockscomb flowers in person, and feel the excitement and joy of the festival.”

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