Icheon Sansuyu Village, Yeoncheon Imjingang Area, and Gapyeong Baekduncheon Designated as 'Ecotourism Sites'

[Asia Economy (Suwon) = Reporter Lee Young-gyu] Gyeonggi Province is completing a project this year to establish three resident-led ecological tourism hubs in Icheon Dorip-ri Sansuyu Village, Yeoncheon Samgot-ri Imjingang area, and Gapyeong Buk-myeon Baekdun-ri Baekduncheon area.

Last year, the province selected these three locations as ecological hub project sites and invested 350 million KRW per hub this year to expand basic exploration facilities, develop and operate experiential content, and provide training for local guides.

Under the theme "The Forest Growing with Me," Icheon City created a Sansuyu Festival, forest resting areas, and easy walking trails in a village forest over 500 years old. The city plans to add a 1-night 2-day lodging experience course through the improvement of the Sarangchae Hanok.

Yeoncheon County, which has the UNESCO Biosphere Reserve Imjingang and the Demilitarized Zone (DMZ), will restore wetlands and create village flower paths this year in connection with the Dapsari Park established last year.

Gapyeong County, which developed natural experience and convenience facilities under the theme "Clean Valley Trekking" along Baekduncheon following the Lover's Mountain (Yeoninsan) Jar Rock, plans to create a new trekking course connecting Yeoninsan Valley and the village forest this year and is preparing to launch the Yeoninsan lunchbox made with the village specialties apples and pine nuts.

The ecological tourism hub project has also been underway since 2019 in six other locations: Hwaseong Ueumdo, Pyeongtaek Baramsae Village, Goyang Janghang Wetland, Paju Jiro-mok Village, Pocheon Hantan River Ecological Culture Experience Center, and Gapyeong Achimgoyo Green Village.

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