Mourning Itaewon Tragedy... Goseong-gun Cancels 6th Goseong Garibi Seafood Festival

Focusing on Promoting and Boosting Consumption of Seafood

Goseong County Office, Gyeongnam.

[Asia Economy Yeongnam Reporting Headquarters, Reporter Song Jong-gu] Goseong-gun, Gyeongnam, has canceled the 6th Goseong Scallop Seafood Festival, which was scheduled to be held from the 4th to the 6th, to express condolences for the Itaewon incident.

Due to the prolonged COVID-19 pandemic, the scallop seafood festival, which had been replaced by an online festival for the past two years, was planned to be held on a large scale this year for its 6th edition around the Nampo National Fishing Port area.

The county had prepared extensively for the first face-to-face festival in two years, but in accordance with the national mourning period, it decided to cancel the festival and instead focus on revitalizing the consumption of Goseong’s representative seafood, scallops.

Starting with increasing promotion through online platforms such as 11st and Dinosaur Country Shopping Mall, they announced plans to break away from the existing sales and promotional methods and implement new changes.

Go Joon-seong, Director of the Marine Fisheries Division, said, “Although we are deeply disappointed to cancel the festival at the final stage of preparation, we decided to do so because we believe expressing condolences must come first. Since the face-to-face festival has been canceled, we will devote all efforts to promoting and selling scallops to expand the consumer base of Goseong scallops and will do our best to prepare countermeasures.”

Goseong scallops produced in Jaran Bay boast the highest quality and nutrition nationwide. In particular, they contain large amounts of potassium and taurine, which are excellent for improving blood circulation, preventing hypertension, enhancing liver function, and managing weight, and are used in various dishes.

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