Yeosu City Expands Public Wi-Fi at Major Tourist Attractions

Mural Village, Dongdong Bridge, Seongsan Park, Hyangilam, and More Installed in 40s

Citizens and Tourists Enjoy Free Internet Across Yeosu

Yeosu City, Jeollanam-do (Mayor Jeong Gi-myeong) announced that it will additionally install public Wi-Fi at four locations: Cheonsa Mural Village Street, Dongdong Bridge, Seongsan Park, and Hyangilam.

According to the city, since 2013, public Wi-Fi has been intensively established in tourist sites, parks, traditional markets, and other areas to reduce citizens' communication costs and bridge the information gap.

Yeosu City will additionally install public Wi-Fi at four locations: Cheonsa Mural Village Street, Dongdong Bridge, Seongsan Park, and Hyangiram.
Photo by Yeosu City

This year, with an investment of 230 million KRW, 40 Wi-Fi units will be installed in the second half of the year at the four locations: Cheonsa Mural Village Street, Dongdong Bridge, Seongsan Park, and Hyangilam.

With this, Yeosu City has established public Wi-Fi at 1,440 locations up to last year and plans to expand to 2,500 locations by 2026.

Park Han-ok, Director of the Smart Information Division, said, "We will thoroughly promote the project to install high-quality public Wi-Fi more densely throughout Yeosu City so that citizens and tourists can enjoy free internet anytime and anywhere."

Yeosu = Asia Economy Honam Reporting Headquarters Reporter Choi Cheol-hoon hss79@asiae.co.kr

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