Namhae-gun Selected as 'A City Good for Traveling' in National Sympathy Campaign

Namhae-gun, Gyeongnam Province, won the ‘Best City for Travel’ award exclusively at the 2023 Dong-A Ilbo National Sympathy Campaign Awards Ceremony held at the Seoul Plaza Hotel on the 24th.

Namhae-gun has been selected as a city good for travel in the National Sympathy Campaign.

The National Sympathy Campaign has been conducted six times since 2018 to discover domestic companies and local governments with high growth potential.

Namhae-gun is the central area of Namhae where the Hallyeohaesang National Park in the Gyeongnam region and the Dadohaehaesang National Park in the Jeonnam region meet, boasting its own beautiful natural scenery. Moreover, by valuing preservation rather than indiscriminate development, the pristine natural environment such as the coastline remains intact, making it known domestically for its image of cleanliness, healing, and romance.

There are five public beaches including Namhae Eunmorae Beach and Songjeong Solbaram Beach, as well as representative tourist destinations in Korea such as Darangi Village, selected by CNN as a must-visit place, Germany Village where miners and nurses dispatched to Germany in the 1960s and 70s settled in their homeland, Namhae Geumsan where Taejo Yi Seong-gye dreamed of founding Joseon, and Boriam Temple.

In 2022, through the Year of Visiting Namhae, the residents of Namhae-gun united their strength and attracted 6 million tourists despite the difficulties caused by COVID-19. Recently, the popularity of living for a month and workation has been increasing, and the influx of young people is steadily growing.

Additionally, the construction of the Namhae-Yeosu Undersea Tunnel, long awaited by the residents of Namhae-gun and Yeosu City, will officially begin. As Namhae and Yeosu become a single living area, transportation infrastructure such as KTX and airports will be expanded, and various synergistic effects are expected from a tourism perspective.

In addition to leading domestic accommodations such as Southcape and Ananti Namhae, Sono Hotels & Resorts’ Break Hills Namhae Resort is under construction and scheduled to operate from 2025, and a 403-room hotel by Hotel Shilla is also planned.

Jang Chung-nam, the county governor, said, “I am very pleased that Namhae-gun, which continues to grow steadily despite the difficult situation caused by a significant decrease in domestic travelers recently, has been selected as a city good for travel,” adding, “I hope many people visit Namhae, the treasure island of healing, romance, and cleanliness, and create lasting memories.”

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