Imsil-gun in Full Swing Preparing for Cheese Festival... Putting All Effort into Chrysanthemum Cultivation

Published 28 Jul.2023 16:30(KST)

Imsil-gun, Jeonbuk, is putting great effort into cultivating chrysanthemums to be exhibited this fall at Imsil Cheese Theme Park, Cheese Village, and Okjeongho Bungeo Island Ecological Park.

According to the county on the 28th, they are making every effort in chrysanthemum production management, including active on-site administration, to produce high-quality chrysanthemums, the highlight of the Imsil N Cheese Festival.

Imsil-gun is putting great effort into cultivating chrysanthemums to be exhibited this fall at Imsil Cheese Theme Park, Cheese Village, and Okjeongho Bungeo Island Ecological Park area.
[Photo by Imsil-gun]

The chrysanthemums produced this time have been managed since early this year to provide visual attractions for visitors to the ninth Imsil N Cheese Festival, held from October 6 to 9, as well as Cheese Village, Okjeongho Suspension Bridge, and Bungeo Island Ecological Park.

Last year, the county produced about 30,000 chrysanthemums for exhibition at the festival site, but starting this year, they plan to expand the display to about 43,000 chrysanthemums, including sculptures and potted chrysanthemums.

They are preparing a more complete Imsil N Cheese Festival through a diverse and high-quality chrysanthemum exhibition.

This year, in addition to the chrysanthemum exhibition at the Imsil N Cheese Festival site, the county plans to expand the autumn chrysanthemum landscape around the recently opened Okjeongho Suspension Bridge and Bungeo Island area, which is expected to greatly contribute to realizing the era of ten million tourists in Imsil.

The Imsil N Cheese Festival gained fame as a representative festival of Korea last year, attracting over 520,000 tourists during the festival period alone.

As the only cheese-themed festival in the country, it features various cheese-related programs, and everywhere in the festival venue, cheese-related games, food, and entertainment, along with nightscapes, local foods from 12 towns and townships, and Imsil Hanwoo beef, were very popular.

The county plans to hold this year’s Imsil N Cheese Festival as a richer and more differentiated citizen-participation festival than last year.

By expanding the festival space, they will create a European-style theme park as a rose garden, offer visits to the Cheese History and Culture Center, and provide various cheese-related experiences, introducing many fresh programs and encouraging citizens to participate in the festival.

In particular, the chrysanthemum flower landscape, which is the number one contributor to the success of the cheese festival with over ten million blooms, will once again fill the festival area this year, offering an autumn flower feast along with Korean wild chrysanthemum (gujeolcho) and others.

County Governor Shim Min said, “This year, there were many difficulties in chrysanthemum production due to the long rainy season, but I expect good results thanks to the passion of the staff who worked tirelessly day and night to cultivate them with care.” He added, “I am grateful to the staff who worked hard to cultivate the chrysanthemums, the main players in the success of the cheese festival, and I expect to provide even richer and more splendid attractions this fall.”