Gwangyang Maehwa Festival 'Maehwarang 1 Night 2 Days' Advances as an Overnight Stay Festival

Plum Dishes, Art Bicycles, Campfire

Mangdeok Port, Baealdo Island Garden, and More

Gwangyang City in Jeollanam-do announced that the ‘Maehwarang 1 Night 2 Days’ program, part of the Gwangyang Maehwa Festival, has become a popular stay-type festival attracting participants from all over the country.

To evolve from a pass-through festival where visitors only come to see the event to a festival where they stay and enjoy, the ‘Maehwarang 1 Night 2 Days’ program was introduced, linking festival content with experiences and tourist attractions.

[Photo by Gwangyang City]

‘Maehwarang 1 Night 2 Days’ is mainly composed of two options: 1 night 2 days (Saturday to Sunday) and 2 nights 3 days (Friday to Sunday). It features a tour program that goes beyond the Gwangyang Maehwa Festival, allowing participants to deeply understand and enjoy Gwangyang through plum food, art bicycles, camping, and the Baealdo Island garden.

Main programs include stories about plum food with a plum food researcher (making plum bulgogi burritos and plum highballs), trekking along the Maehwa flower path in village areas, and family camping.

Last weekend, 20 teams for the 1 night 2 days and 54 teams for the 2 nights 3 days, mostly families of 2 to 5 people, participated and enjoyed not only the Gwangyang Maehwa Festival but also plum food with stories, busking, and campfires.

This coming weekend, 10 teams for the 1 night 2 days and 54 teams for the 2 nights 3 days, recruited from all over the country including Seoul and Wonju, will roam around Gwangyang and enjoy the tastes and charms of Gwangyang with all their senses along with the Gwangyang Maehwa Festival.

A participant from Miryang said, “I joined the 1 night 2 days program with my family, made plum bulgogi burritos and plum highballs, and rode an art bicycle along the Seomjin River,” adding, “Gwangyang is a city full of attractive sights and things to enjoy, too charming to just visit for the Gwangyang Maehwa Festival.”

Kim Seongsu, Director of Tourism, said, “We introduced the ‘Maehwarang 1 Night 2 Days’ program so that tourists visiting the Gwangyang Maehwa Festival can stay leisurely and fully immerse themselves in the charm of Gwangyang tourism, and the satisfaction level of participants from all over the country was very high.”

He added, “We will continue to discover festival programs that showcase the true essence of Gwangyang tourism through the Gwangyang Maehwa Festival, which offers the most beautiful spring, to develop it into a stay-type festival and revitalize Gwangyang tourism and the local economy.”

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