Do You Remember Gumi Oun Girls' Commercial High School?... Gyeongbuk Culture and Tourism Corporation Promotes Industrial Heritage Tourism Development

Second Meeting of the Promotion Committee Held in Gumi

Gyeongbuk Culture and Tourism Corporation (President Kim Namil) is holding the second meeting of the 'Industrial Heritage Tourism Resource Promotion Committee' at Hotel Geumosan in Gumi for two days starting June 30.

Gyeongbuk Culture and Tourism Corporation formed a consensus on promoting the tourism resource development of local industrial heritage through the launch of the committee and the first meeting in December last year. The second meeting is being held in Gumi, Gyeongbuk, the center of Korea's modern industrial heritage, and the corporation plans to actively promote projects to re-examine the value of modern industrial heritage.

Graduates of Gumi Oun Girls' Commercial High School are visiting their alma mater and taking a commemorative photo.

At the meeting, participants shared domestic and international best practices such as 'Research on Value Creation through the Cultural Utilization of Industrial Heritage' and 'Interpreting Myeongju Weaving through Culture' to enhance understanding of the project. In particular, experts actively gathered opinions on practical revitalization measures by directly visiting modern industrial heritage sites such as Gumi Oun Girls' Commercial High School and the Export Industry Tower.

In particular, at the end of last year, the corporation completed the designation of its headquarters, Yukbuchon, as a modern industrial heritage site of Gyeongbuk Province. Using basic data from the Gyeongbuk Industrial Heritage Database project, which has been underway since the beginning of this year, the corporation plans to accelerate tourism resource development projects such as the creation of various tourism content and promotional materials.

In the second half of the year, the corporation plans to promote the creation of a modern industrial heritage hotel tourism belt by holding a workshop at Pohang Yeongildae Hotel, linking Gyeongju Commodore Hotel, Gumi Hotel Geumosan, and Pohang Yeongildae Hotel.

Currently, since 2023, Gumi City has been successfully operating a specialized industrial heritage tour program that includes Oun Girls' Commercial High School. In the future, the corporation plans to expand this into a tourism trail and experiential specialized program that connects major industrial heritage sites scattered throughout Gyeongbuk Province.

President Kim Namil stated, "The heritage of the modern industrial revival era scattered throughout Gyeongbuk is not merely a trace of the past, but an important asset that can create new future value for tourism," and added, "We will actively work to continuously discover, systematically manage, and preserve local industrial heritage resources by establishing concrete measures to enhance their historical and industrial value."

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