Gokseong-gun Selected for 'Digital Tourism Resident Card' Public Contest Project

Discount Benefits Offered... Positive Signal for Inflow of Daily Population

Gokseong County Office building exterior.

Gokseong-gun, Jeollanam-do (Governor Jo Sangrae) announced on the 2nd that it has been selected as a participating region for the Korea Tourism Organization's "2025 Digital Tourism Resident Card" project, which aims to address the crisis of local extinction in areas with declining populations and to attract inflows of daily population.

The newly selected "Travel Together in the Region! Digital Tourism Resident Card" project issues honorary resident cards (issued by region) through the travel information service "Korea Tour" web and app. Tourism residents are provided with five types of local travel discount benefits: accommodation, food and beverage, sightseeing, experiences, and shopping.

In Gokseong, the Seomjingang Train Village, which was selected as one of the "2025~2026 Korea Tourism Top 100," will host the "Train Village Grand Adventure! Hi Fun Balloon Festival" themed around balloons for Children's Day, the first of its kind by a local government. The Gokseong World Rose Festival will also be held in May. The county plans to improve visitor satisfaction by offering travel product discounts through the digital tourism resident card as part of its nationwide promotional efforts and by providing differentiated tourism content.

In particular, the train-themed park, the only one of its kind in the country, and the enchanting rose park with 1,004 varieties offer a variety of attractions. Visitors who visit 14 designated places, including tourism (2), accommodation (5), food and beverage (1), and experiences (6), will receive various benefits. The diverse benefits of the digital tourism resident card, which will be implemented from May 1, can be checked by accessing Korea Tour (Korea Tourism Organization).

An official from the county said, "With the selection for the digital tourism resident card project, we expect to revitalize the local economy and increase the daily population through an influx of tourists," adding, "We will do our best to provide various tourism services so that more tourists can visit Gokseong."

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