Hamyang-gun Holds Launch Ceremony for Jirisan Cable Car Macheon-myeon Attraction Committee

Village Chiefs, Social Organization Leaders, Local Residents, and Hyangwoo Association Members

Resolution to Form a Civil Committee of Over 100 Members for Attraction Efforts

On the 2nd, Machon-myeon, Hamyang-gun, Gyeongnam held a meeting to form a private committee for the Jirisan Cable Car and an inauguration ceremony in the conference room of the township office, with about 100 participants including village chiefs, heads of social organizations, and cable car attraction committee members.

At the formation meeting, Lee Hyun-gyu was elected as the chairman along with 10 other executives, and about 100 private committee members were composed of village chiefs, heads of social organizations, local residents, and hometown associations.

During the subsequent inauguration ceremony, participants reaffirmed their determination to attract the Hamyang Jirisan Cable Car through reading a resolution, announcing the bylaws, and reading the purpose statement for the attraction initiative.

Photos related to the launch ceremony of the Jirisan Cable Car Machon-myeon Attraction Committee in Hamyang-gun, Gyeongnam.

The Hamyang Jirisan Cable Car Machon-myeon Attraction Committee plans to raise awareness of the necessity of attracting the cable car through the inauguration ceremony and enhance synergy effects by promoting, conducting signature campaigns, and utilizing personal networks.

Hamyang-gun is geographically located at the uppermost stream of the Nakdong River and between two national parks, Deogyusan and Jirisan, which imposes many legal restrictions, making large-scale regional development difficult. Experts say that due to strengthened regulations on national parks and limitations on tourism activation, it is essential to install a cable car through regulatory relaxation.

Chairman Lee said, “It is very meaningful that we could form a private attraction committee and hold an inauguration ceremony with the cooperation of village chiefs, heads of social organizations, and hometown associations centered on the residents.” He added, “Attracting the Jirisan Cable Car is a necessary project not only for Hamyang-gun, which is facing the risk of population extinction, but also for the entire western Gyeongnam region. We ask for much interest and support to attract the Jirisan Cable Car, which will be a driving force for regional development.”

The Jirisan Cable Car Attraction Committee was launched in 2012 and was actively engaged, but activities were temporarily suspended due to reasons such as the Ministry of Environment’s rejection of approval in 2017. However, with the recent conditional approval of the Seoraksan Cable Car in Yangyang-gun, Gangwon-do, the necessity of attracting a cable car has been reignited, and plans are underway to actively promote the attraction.

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