Yeosu Sinwol Coastal Road Transformed into a 'Rainbow-Colored Ocean View Healing Road'

Published 08 May.2023 15:02(KST)

Seven-Color Island Expo Hopes for a Successful Event

Wolho-dong in Yeosu-si, Jeollanam-do recently announced that it painted the seawall along Sinwol Coastal Road in rainbow colors to create an ocean view healing road where anyone would want to walk and stay.

About 30 residents from Bongyang Village and Singeun Village participated in this rainbow-colored seawall decoration project.

[Photo provided by Yeosu City]

In connection with the photo zone installed last year, the old and faded seawall along the coastal road was brightly painted in rainbow colors, and various images of the 2026 Yeosu World Islands Expo characters were drawn to express hopes for the successful hosting of the international event.

Residents of Obok Village and Singeun Village who participated in the painting work said, “We hope the rainbow-colored coastal road harmonized with the beautiful sea will become a new tourist course for the fishing villages,” expressing their joy in being able to create it together.

Park Jeong-hwan, head of Wolho-dong, said, “The village community project promoted as part of the Clean Jeonnam Best Village initiative has become the foundation for the successful hosting of the Yeosu World Islands Expo and the Yeosu Renaissance citizen movement,” adding, “We will spare no support to ensure that the decoration of the village fence in Saenggeum Village, the remaining site, proceeds smoothly.”