Gurye-gun to Promote 200 Billion KRW Tourism Project Including Cable Car

Daewon Plus Group and Osan Cable Car Sign Implementation Agreement, Installation Targeted for 2025

2.34km Route Planned from Bongseo-ri, Gurye-eup to Osan Saseongam Area

County to Expand Buddhist Tourism Facilities and Leisure Activities Centered on Cable Car

[Gurye=Asia Economy Honam Reporting Headquarters, Reporter Yuk Miseok] Gurye-gun, Jeollanam-do announced that it will promote a public-private joint tourism project worth 200 billion KRW in the Osan area of Muncheok-myeon, including the Osan Cable Car.

On the 28th, the county signed an implementation agreement for the Gurye Osan Cable Car installation project with Daewon Plus Group.

Last month on the 18th, the county held a private business operator selection review committee for the Gurye Osan Cable Car installation project and confirmed Dow Co., Ltd., a subsidiary of Daewon Plus Group, as the preferred negotiation partner.

The lower station of the Osan Cable Car is located in Bongseo-ri, Gurye-eup, and it crosses the Seomjin River to the upper station near Osan Saseongam. The planned length is 2.34 km.

Osan Saseongam is Scenic Site No. 111, famous for its views overlooking Jirisan Mountain, the Seomjin River, and the Gurye fields simultaneously.

The county and Daewon Plus Group’s Dow Co., Ltd. plan to operate the project by 2025.

The cable car construction is expected to generate a production inducement effect of 120.9 billion KRW and create 774 jobs.

After signing the implementation agreement, the county plans to obtain the county council’s consent on financial matters to enable early commencement of the project.

The county and Daewon Plus Group plan to accelerate the project by simultaneously pursuing follow-up procedures such as changing the county management plan and obtaining approval for the cable car implementation plan.

The county envisions revitalizing tourism in the Osan area through a 200 billion KRW investment, with the Osan Cable Car as the core item.

Major projects include ▲stay-type tourism facilities, natural ecological tourist sites such as Seomjin River Ecological Park ▲leisure activities such as Sky Bike and Sky Surfer ▲Buddhist-themed cultural tourism facilities such as Osan Daebul and Saseonghyeon Theme Story Park.

Kim Soon-ho, the mayor of Gurye-gun, said, “Gurye-gun has played a role as a tourism hub in the inland area of Jeollanam-do, but there has been a continuous demand from local residents for a representative tourism item. We will make the Osan Cable Car the core tourism item of Gurye-gun and develop it into a representative tourist destination through large-scale investment in the Osan area.”

Meanwhile, Daewon Plus Group, which signed the agreement with the county, is known as a landmark developer, having developed ▲Haeundae Marine City Doosan We've the Zenith, an 80-story, 299m residential building that was Asia’s tallest in 2012 ▲Songdo Marine Cable Car, Korea’s first marine cable car in 2017 ▲a complex marine leisure complex in Siheung, Gyeonggi-do, including the world’s largest and Asia’s first artificial surfing park in 2020.

In August last year, it signed a comprehensive development investment agreement worth about 1 trillion KRW with Busan City and created the Hwangnyeongsan Beacon Tower. It is also carrying out projects specialized in theme parks and tourism leisure facilities, such as reopening the (former) Snow Castle, which had been abandoned due to bankruptcy in 2008, as an urban complex resort facility.

Gurye=Asia Economy Honam Reporting Headquarters, Reporter Yuk Miseok kun5783@asiae.co.kr

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