Sacheon-si Announces Winners of Tourism Souvenir Contest

"Capturing Beautiful Sacheon"... Grand Prize (1), Bronze Prize (3) Final Selection

Sacheon in Pieces (Award-winning Work)

[Asia Economy Yeongnam Reporting Headquarters Reporter Choi Soon-kyung] Sacheon City, Gyeongnam announced the winners of the ‘2022 Sacheon City Tourism Souvenir Contest’ on the 20th.

This tourism souvenir contest was organized under the theme ‘Capturing the Beautiful Sacheon’ to discover and foster symbolic and creative excellent tourism souvenirs utilizing Sacheon’s unique characteristics and to strengthen Sacheon’s tourism competitiveness.

On the 12th, the city held a judging committee meeting at the city hall’s main conference room and, after comprehensive evaluation of marketability, symbolism, design, and work completeness, finally selected the grand prize (1 item), bronze prizes (3 items), and other winners. The gold and silver prizes were excluded from awards due to application restrictions.

The winning works include ▲Grand Prize - Carving Sacheon (Eco bag) ▲Bronze Prize - Hello! Sacheon (Gel candle type scented candle), Seafood Premium Gift Set (Dried seafood set), Sacheon 8 Scenic Spots Refrigerator Magnet (Refrigerator magnet), among others.

The grand prize winner will receive a prize of 3 million KRW, and each bronze prize winner will receive 500,000 KRW.

The winning works will be used for promotional booklet production or utilized as tourism souvenirs to promote Sacheon at exhibitions, tourism fairs, festivals, and more.

This contest was held nationwide from June 8 to July 7, attracting much interest with a total of 52 entries including 25 industrial products, 19 folk and craft products, 3 processed and functional foods, 2 convergence and complex products, and 3 others.

A city official said, “Not only through the tourism souvenir contest but also through various attempts, we will continue to discover and foster original and excellent tourism souvenirs that can symbolize and represent Sacheon.”

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