Health Healing Festival 'Hamyang Sansam Festival' Successfully Concludes

Approximately 190,000 Visitors Over 7 Days, About 1.6 Billion KRW Sales of Wild Ginseng, Agricultural Specialties, and Food

The Closing Ceremony of the 17th Hamyang Wild Ginseng Festival

[Asia Economy Yeongnam Reporting Headquarters Reporter Choi Soon-kyung] The ‘Hamyang Sansam Festival,’ Korea’s premier health healing festival, came to a grand conclusion on the 11th with residents and visitors celebrating together.

Under the theme ‘Hi-Sansam, Supporting Your Youth,’ the Sansam Festival, which opened on the 2nd, was successfully completed without a single incident or accident thanks to thorough preparation and response.

This festival, held for the first time in three years, attracted approximately 90,000 visitors on the 10th and 11th, the days of Chuseok, with a total of about 190,000 visitors during the festival period, filling their bodies and minds with healing energy.

In celebration of Chuseok, a variety of experiential programs that residents, returning visitors who came home for the first time since COVID-19, and other visitors could enjoy together were held, drawing much attention from attendees.

At the Sansam sales booth, tourists eager to see and purchase the premium Hamyang Sansam continued to visit, resulting in sales of about 600 million won worth of Sansam.

Additionally, local agricultural specialties directly cultivated by farmers in the area sold for over 200 million won, and including food items, total sales reached 1.6 billion won, injecting vitality into the local economy.

Many participants also enjoyed the festival’s signature programs such as ‘Find the Golden Sansam,’ ‘Sansam Digging,’ ‘The Journey of the Simmani,’ and ‘Healing Sansam Forest Experience,’ where they had the fortune of premium Hamyang Sansam and experienced becoming a simmani by entering the Sansam fields to dig Sansam themselves, spending joyful times.

County Governor Jin Byeong-yeong said, “Despite difficulties such as typhoons, this Sansam Festival was a true festival where residents and visitors united in communication and harmony,” adding, “Next year, we will prepare the festival more richly and abundantly to make it Korea’s best health healing festival.”

Festival Chairman Kim Seong-gi said, “I am very pleased that the festival was successfully completed without any safety accidents while gifting joy to residents and tourists,” and added, “We will improve on this year’s shortcomings and strive to develop into a better festival next year.”

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