Sacheon City Opens the Path to Becoming Korea’s Leading Stay-Type Tourism and Leisure Destination

Continuous Upgrading of Tourism Content
Expansion of Cultural and Leisure Complexes

Since the launch of the 8th popularly elected administration, Sacheon City has rapidly established itself as a destination for extended stays, enjoyment, and healing, moving beyond being simply a city to pass through. This transformation has attracted nationwide attention.

By shifting away from short-term visits and accelerating its transition into a stay-type tourism and leisure city, Sacheon is now making a clear change to become a destination where travelers stay for at least one night.

Sacheon Sea Cable Car

In particular, Sacheon is emerging as a central trendsetter in domestic travel, thanks to its abundant natural resources, distinctive tourism infrastructure, and unique cultural attractions.

The core of Sacheon’s tourism policy under the 8th administration is clear: rather than focusing solely on increasing the number of visitors, the city aims to extend visitors’ stays and create a structure where spending occurs within the local area.

To achieve this, the city has simultaneously pursued the expansion of tourism infrastructure, the enhancement of tourism content, and improvements to the urban environment, all with a focus on raising the quality of tourism.

This strategy goes beyond the simple expansion of facilities, instead reimagining the entire city as a single, integrated tourism space.

The key driver that has changed the flow of tourism in Sacheon is the expansion of tourism routes centered around the Sacheon Sea Cable Car.

Starting with visits to the cable car, a natural flow has been created that leads tourists to nearby attractions, cultural spaces, and commercial districts. As a result, the length of visitors’ stays has noticeably increased. Rest areas, walking trails, photo spots, and cultural facilities near the cable car have played a crucial role in enabling tourists to stay for more than a day.

Since the start of the 8th administration, Sacheon has been creating reasons throughout the city for tourists to extend their stays. The city continues to expand walkable streets, improve nighttime landscapes, strengthen local festivals and cultural events, and develop customized tourism content for families, middle-aged and older adults, and young people.

In particular, Sacheon is focusing on building a relaxed and comfortable city image in line with the tourism trend centered on rest and healing. This aligns with the recent preference for slower-paced, extended travel over fast-paced, consumption-oriented tourism.

The shift to stay-type tourism is also revitalizing the local economy. There is a growing use of accommodations, increased spending on food, cafes, and culture, and a revitalization of local commercial districts, establishing a structure in which tourism spending circulates within the region.

Nosanbit Park, Sacheon City

The tourism policies implemented since the launch of the 8th administration have produced results that go beyond simple visitor numbers, moving tourism to a stage where it makes a tangible contribution to citizens’ lives and the local economy.

Sacheon City plans to continue its efforts to become a leading stay-type tourism city.

The city aims to leap forward as a top-tier leisure destination nationwide by continuously upgrading tourism content, expanding complex cultural and leisure spaces, and fostering a tourism-friendly environment throughout the city.

Mayor Park Dongsik emphasized, “Since the launch of the 8th administration, Sacheon has fundamentally changed the direction of its tourism policies. We will continue to develop Sacheon into a city where people want to stay and return, rather than just pass through.”

This content was produced with the assistance of AI translation services.