Four Local Governments in Seomjingang Area Selected for Inter-Local Government Cooperation New Deal Project by Ministry of the Interior and Safety

Establishment of Digital Tourism Hub Linking Gurye, Gokseong, Gwangyang, and Hadong along the Seomjin River

[Gurye=Asia Economy Honam Reporting Headquarters Reporter Yuk Miseok] Gurye-gun, Jeollanam-do, was selected for the "Seomjingang Digital Tourism Hub Development Project," jointly applied for by Gurye-gun, Gokseong-gun, and Gwangyang-si in Jeollanam-do and Hadong-gun in Gyeongsangnam-do, in the 2022 Inter-Local Government Cooperation New Deal Contest hosted by the Ministry of the Interior and Safety.

This contest prioritizes cooperation and synergy effects among local governments within the government's New Deal projects, with a total of eight projects selected nationwide.

The four local governments located in the lower reaches of the Seomjingang River have been promoting the Seomjingang Integrated Tourism Belt Project, which unites the lower Seomjingang area into a single tourism zone for regional win-win development through inter-local government solidarity, following the Seomjingang flood damage in 2020.

This inter-local government cooperation New Deal project is a pioneering project for the four local governments to advance into a single wide-area tourism zone in the future, focusing on the digital New Deal sector jointly discovered by the four local governments.

A total of 4 billion KRW is scheduled to be invested by 2023, aiming to discover new tourism content suitable for the MZ generation by linking existing city and county tourism resources and to establish a Seomjingang digital tourism hub incorporating digital technology.

A Gurye-gun official stated, "The four local governments in the lower Seomjingang area have abundant tourism resources and attractions based on the Seomjingang River, and linking them as one tourism zone will create significant synergy effects," adding, "We will cooperate with the four local governments to develop the Seomjingang area into the largest ecological tourism zone in Korea."

Gurye=Asia Economy Honam Reporting Headquarters Reporter Yuk Miseok hss79@asiae.co.kr

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