Let's Go to Andong to Meet Mom Kkaturi! ... Steadily Gaining Popularity

Enhancing Travel Fun with 'Mobile' and 'Walking' Stamp Tours

Andong Tourism Stamp Tour 'Let's Go to Andong to Meet Eomma Katuri' Poster.

[Asia Economy Yeongnam Reporting Headquarters, Reporter Kim Gwiyeol] The Andong tourism stamp tour, which adds joy to travel, continues to gain steady popularity this year following last year.

The stamp tour is a mission-based program where visitors receive souvenirs by collecting stamps at tourist sites. Andong City operates two types: the ‘Mobile Stamp Tour’ and the ‘Walking Stamp Tour.’

In the Mobile Stamp Tour, visitors can receive one of four types of Katuri keyrings each time they collect five stamps at 20 designated tourist spots. If they visit all 20 locations, they can collect all four Katuri siblings.

The ‘Walking Stamp Tour’ has added the newly transformed complex cultural platform ‘Modi684’ to the existing seven designated tourist sites. Visitors who collect four or more stamps from the eight tourist spots can receive an eco bag featuring Andong’s image.

Since its launch in 2015, the Mobile Stamp Tour app has been downloaded over 20,000 times. This year, downloads have surpassed 2,000, and more than 1,300 people have received prizes.

This figure exceeds half of last year’s 2,200 prize recipients. With the lifting of social distancing measures and increased travel demand, the usage of the stamp tour is expected to easily surpass last year’s numbers.

An official from Andong City stated, “We will do our best to maintain and improve the content so that the stamp tour, which offers tourists double the fun, can further enhance the city’s appeal.”

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