Geochang-gun, Over 20,000 Visitors at Major Tourist Attractions During Lunar New Year Holiday

Anti-Aging Healing Land, Changpowon, Susungdae, etc.

“We will strive to attract holiday tourists”

Geochang-gun, Gyeongnam Province, announced on the 14th that about 20,000 tourists visited Geochang's major attractions such as Geochang Anti-Aging Healing Land, Changpowon, and Suseungdae during the Lunar New Year holiday.

Geochang Changpowon was crowded with people taking walks or riding bicycles with their families thanks to the warm weather, and the number of visitors increased more than threefold compared to last year. In particular, it was lively with people enjoying traditional play experiences such as kite flying and tuho (arrow throwing) games, which started this year.

Photo of Geochang-gun Suseungdae Suspension Bridge.

Geochang Suseungdae was bustling with people walking the Mubyungjangsu (Longevity) Trail while admiring the clear and clean valley water, hikers climbing Seongnyeongsan Mountain, as well as tourists visiting the Suseungdae suspension bridge. The snow sledding slope at Geochang Suseungdae, which can be enjoyed by both children and adults, recorded about 31,000 visitors, an increase of 10,000 from last year, and successfully concluded the Lunar New Year holiday season.

Geochang Anti-Aging Healing Land operated without any holidays during the holiday period so that visitors returning to their hometowns would not leave disappointed, and parking fees were waived. At Healing Land, visitors could enjoy the spectacular views of Yongso Waterfall and bizarre rock formations under the Y-shaped suspension bridge, and make New Year wishes while looking at Geupje Rock from the observatory, attracting many visitors.

A person who visited Healing Land with their family during the Lunar New Year holiday said, “It was a pleasant family trip thanks to the staff who welcomed us with bright smiles and kindness, working without any days off.”

Meanwhile, the county plans to implement various policies to attract many tourists to Geochang during this period, in response to social changes where the rest of the holiday period except for the actual holiday days such as Lunar New Year and Chuseok is used as days off.

In particular, the county intends to expand and reorganize the Geochang-gun Digital Tourism Resident Card, introduced for the first time in 2023, to improve tourist reception so that visitors returning to their hometowns can receive benefits while traveling. They plan to encourage existing registered merchants to increase discounts and significantly expand new merchants to provide tangible benefits to travelers.

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