Jeonbuk Province Selected Most Nationwide in Open Tourism Site Contest Project

Jeonju, Namwon, Jinan, Buan and 4 other cities/counties selected in 9 zones... A total of 4.7 billion KRW invested to create barrier-free tourist sites

[Jeonju=Asia Economy Honam Reporting Headquarters Reporter Kim Han-ho] Jeonbuk Province announced on the 14th that it secured 2.25 billion KRW in national funds after having the largest number of nine sites nationwide selected in the 2022 Open Tourism Site Contest hosted by the Ministry of Culture, Sports and Tourism and organized by the Korea Tourism Organization.

The selected sites include nine tourist spots across four local governments: Jeonju City, Namwon City, Jinan County, and Buan County, accounting for 45% of the nationwide total of eight local governments and 20 tourist spots selected.

By local government, Jeonju City plans to invest 1.5 billion KRW (750 million KRW national funds, 750 million KRW city funds) in three sites: Jeonju Zoo, Jeonju Nambu Market, and Deokjin Park. Namwon City will invest 1 billion KRW (500 million KRW national funds, 500 million KRW city funds) in two sites: Gwanghallu Pavilion and Namwon Aerospace Astronomy Observatory.

Additionally, Jinan County will invest 1 billion KRW (500 million KRW national funds, 500 million KRW county funds) in two sites in Maisan Provincial Park’s north and south areas, and Buan County will invest 1 billion KRW (500 million KRW national funds, 500 million KRW county funds) in Byeonsan and Mohang Beaches.

In particular, these four cities and counties plan to transform into barrier-free tourist sites by installing guideboards for the visually impaired and barrier-free access routes, enabling all tourists, including people with disabilities and families with infants and young children, to use the sites without inconvenience or restrictions on tourism activities.

The Ministry of Culture, Sports and Tourism selected next year’s project sites in advance to allow sufficient time for renovation and securing local government funds, ensuring smooth project implementation within the period starting this year.

Going forward, Jeonbuk Province and each city and county will finalize detailed improvement plans through customized consulting by experts and will actively promote the open tourism site development projects at the selected tourist sites starting next year.

Meanwhile, the ‘Open Tourism Site Development Project’ is a project that renovates existing tourist sites to develop experiential content that everyone can enjoy, enabling vulnerable groups such as people with disabilities, the elderly, and families with infants and young children to travel conveniently and safely.

Jeonju=Honam Reporting Headquarters Reporter Kim Han-ho stonepeak@asiae.co.kr

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