Pohang Songdo Beach, Stretching Out with Smart Marine Sports

Songdo Beach Hosts Smart Urban Regeneration Living Lab Event

Marine Sports Equipment Experience Event and Exploration of Tourism Industry Potential

Pohang Songdo Beach, Stretching Out with Smart Marine Sports.

[Asia Economy Yeongnam Reporting Headquarters Reporter Dongguk Lee] Pohang City, Gyeongbuk, held an 'Electric Surfboard Experience Event' for citizens and tourists at Songdo Beach from the 12th to the 15th, in collaboration with the Small and Medium Shipbuilding Research Institute and Jetwake.

At this event, a new device called the 'Electric Surfboard,' which allows easy enjoyment of marine sports using electricity, was introduced.

The electric surfboard can be conveniently used on coasts without waves like Songdo and is an eco-friendly marine sports device that does not cause pollution by using electricity.

This event is part of the Songdo-dong economic base-type urban regeneration project, which has been promoted since 2019. The Songdo-dong urban regeneration project includes a smart urban regeneration project, incorporating various smart marine sports suitable for Songdo-dong.

During the four-day event, hundreds of people, including applicants who wanted to experience the eco-friendly electric surfboard and spectators, visited the venue, providing an opportunity to explore the applicability of new marine sports tourism industries in Songdo.

Mayor Kang-deok Lee said, "Pohang City is a chosen city with an infinitely beautiful natural coastline stretching 204 km, holding unlimited development potential," and added, "Songdo Beach, which has been overshadowed by the steel industry, is expected to establish itself as a mecca of marine sports and marine tourism industries through this Songdo-dong smart urban regeneration project in collaboration with the Small and Medium Shipbuilding Research Institute."

The city plans to continuously operate smart technology utilization education and experience programs by establishing the tentatively named “Smart Playground” and “Smart Ocean Lab” centered on Songdo Beach and the Songdo Advanced Marine R&D Center in collaboration with the Small and Medium Shipbuilding Research Institute. Through this, Songdo Beach is expected to be reborn as a hub for marine ICT technology utilization.

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