Wando-gun, New Marine Tourism Era Through Activation of Marine Healing

Building a Big Data-Based Marine Healing Data Platform and Promoting a Wellness Industry Specialized City

[Wando=Asia Economy Honam Reporting Headquarters Reporter Choi Kyung-pil] Wando-gun, Jeollanam-do is accelerating the promotion of marine healing-related projects among the pledges of the 8th local government to open a "new marine tourism era."

The marine healing pledge items include ▲establishing a big data-based marine healing data platform ▲designating a wellness industry specialized city ▲constructing a marine healing sports rehabilitation center.

The "Establishment of a Big Data-Based Marine Healing Data Platform" project plans to build big data, which is the foundation of AI technology in the 4th industrial revolution, through the Wando Marine Healing Center scheduled for pilot operation in May next year.

The process will go through three stages: Stage 1, collecting and organizing various data generated during the pilot operation into one; Stage 2, extracting and processing data that has value as big data and providing it; Stage 3, integrating AI analysis functions.

The "Designation of a Wellness Industry Specialized City" is a strategy to strengthen Wando-gun's status as a wellness tourist destination, which has recently become a trend, and to create a marine healing-specialized wellness city.

The county won the K-Wellness Brand Award (marine healing category) last July, and next year plans to expand infrastructure along with developing various products as a city specialized in marine healing.

In particular, with the Marine Culture Healing Center and Cheongsan Marine Healing Park, which have been in pilot operation since last September, and the operation of the Wando Marine Healing Center in the first half of 2023, it is expected to establish itself as a wellness industry specialized city.

The "Construction of a Marine Healing Sports Rehabilitation Center" is a facility that uses marine resources to heal injuries experienced by elementary, middle, and high school students as well as university and corporate team athletes who visit Wando for training, allowing them to focus on rehabilitation.

The construction of the rehabilitation center is currently in the process of gathering various opinions, and after introducing a small-scale rehabilitation facility inside the Marine Healing Center to verify its efficacy and effectiveness, full-scale promotion will proceed.

The marine healing industry, which Wando-gun is focusing on, is expected to become a new growth engine industry linked to the 4th industrial revolution, a wellness industry leading new tourism trends, and a foundation for the sports industry combined with sports rehabilitation.

Shin Woo-cheol, Wando-gun mayor, said, "We are currently accelerating preparations for tourism products and experience programs linked to the Marine Healing Center," adding, "Once the Marine Healing Center is fully operational, marine healing will be further activated and become the foundation of the industry."

Wando=Asia Economy Honam Reporting Headquarters Reporter Choi Kyung-pil alwatros@asiae.co.kr

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