Gyeongnam Province to Invest 2.3453 Trillion Won Over 5 Years in Developing Southern Region Tourism Hub

Establishment of the 7th Gyeongnam Region Tourism Development Plan

Gyeongsangnam-do has established the 7th Gyeongnam Regional Tourism Development Plan and will promote the development of southern regional tourism hubs over the next five years.

[Asia Economy Yeongnam Reporting Headquarters Reporter Lee Seryeong] Gyeongsangnam-do has announced the ‘7th Gyeongnam Regional Tourism Development Plan,’ which outlines the blueprint for tourism in Gyeongnam over the next five years.

This is a concrete implementation plan for the tourism development direction of the Gyeongnam region presented in the 4th National Tourism Development Basic Plan, a higher-level national plan by the Ministry of Culture, Sports and Tourism, and is formulated every five years in accordance with the Tourism Promotion Act.

Based on the vision of “A happy life for residents, connected through tourism, a southern regional tourism hub,” the plan sets goals to ▲establish Gyeongnam-style stay tourism hubs ▲build a tourism system where tourists and local residents coexist ▲create a sustainable tourism ecosystem.

It plans to promote tourism resource development projects for the effective utilization and branding of local tourism resources and establish tourism infrastructure and linkage systems to create stay-type tourism cities.

It will also foster advanced tourism content reflecting tourism trends and promote publicity and marketing to strengthen the status of tourism brands and increase tourist attraction.

The 7th Gyeongnam Regional Tourism Development Plan.

The province plans to promote 32 cultural tourism resources including the Changwon CAMP SoCool Island development project and 10 ecological green tourism resources such as the Sacheon Samcheonpo Rainbow Ecological Trail development.

It will implement 2 stay-type tourism hubs including the Gyeongnam-style smart village resort development, 16 projects for creating regionally specialized infrastructure such as the Gaya Historical Village, and future-oriented metropolitan tourism transportation system construction projects.

Four projects will focus on developing theme tourism products and content using specialized tourism resources, four projects will introduce the Gyeongnam Tourism Quality Certification System to provide advanced tourism services to tourists, and four projects will establish international metropolitan tourism routes.

Five large-scale event development projects including the Southeast Region International Garden Expo, designation of the Gyeongnam International Conference Complex District, two projects to improve tourism accommodation capacity, and two projects to establish and implement Gyeongnam-style publicity and marketing strategies will also be carried out.

According to the tourism development plan, Gyeongsangnam-do will invest 1.6731 trillion KRW, including private capital, in developing 12 tourist sites and complexes over the next five years.

A total of 2.3453 trillion KRW will be invested, including 531.2 billion KRW in 32 new cultural tourism resource development projects and 141 billion KRW in 10 ecological and green tourism resource development projects.

This investment is expected to generate an economic effect of 3.1347 trillion KRW in production inducement and create 21,220 jobs, thereby revitalizing the economy and creating employment.

It is also expected to activate the tourism industry in western Gyeongnam by reflecting the Western Gyeongnam Tourism Resource Concentrated Development Plan and the Busan-Ulsan-Gyeongnam (Bu-Ul-Gyeong) Megacity metropolitan area in the regional plan, and to promote metropolitan area-linked tourism.

Park Seongjae, Director of the Culture, Tourism and Sports Bureau, said, “We have re-examined and reinterpreted the value of tourism resources unique to Gyeongnam,” adding, “We will make Gyeongnam a representative tourism hub in the southern region by expanding tourism competitiveness and attracting visitors.”

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