COVID-19 Is Unfair ... No Sunrise Viewing Even in Goseong, Gyeongnam

Complete Closure of Namsan Park, Jwaisan, and Donghae-myeon Sunrise Parks

Goseong County Office, Gyeongnam.

[Asia Economy Yeongnam Reporting Headquarters, Trainee Reporter Lee Seryeong] Due to the resurgence of COVID-19 and the spread of the Omicron variant, New Year's sunrise events across the country are being canceled one after another.

Goseong-gun, Gyeongnam Province, also announced the complete cancellation of the 2022 New Year's sunrise event.

Since the event involves watching the sunrise on the first dawn of the new year to embrace hope and wish for a peaceful year, many tourists usually gather at popular sunrise spots, raising concerns about virus spread, which led to this decision.

Nam-san Park in Goseong-eup, Jwaisan in Hail-myeon, and Sunrise Park in Donghae-myeon, where the New Year's sunrise events are held every January 1st, will be closed and access restricted for two days from December 31st to January 1st of the following year.

The county will hang banners near major sunrise locations to inform about the event cancellation and advise against entry, and will install barriers at Donghae-myeon Sunrise Park, around the pavilion in Nam-san Park, and at the entrance of Jwaisan.

A county official stated, “Given the severe COVID-19 prevention situation and the difficulty in managing quarantine at places where unspecified many gather, we made this decision,” and added, “We ask for the active cooperation of all residents.”

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