Gangneung City Launches Full-Scale Nighttime Tourism with Korea's Largest 10m LED Moon Sculpture

Gangneung City Holds Kick-off Briefing for “Moonlight Art Show”
Aiming for Official Opening in July

On February 9, Gangneung City in Gangwon Province held a kick-off briefing session for the “Moonlight Art Show” project, which will utilize a 10-meter-diameter LED moon sculpture, the largest of its kind in Korea, and began full-scale implementation of the project.

Gyeongpo Moonlight Art Show bird's-eye view. Provided by Gangneung City

The Moonlight Art Show is one of the core projects of the city’s tourism hub initiative. With a total project cost of 5.1 billion won, it aims to create a tourism cluster that links Ojukheon and Seongyojang, Gangneung’s representative historical and cultural assets, with the ecological retention basin, a natural space within the city center, into a single tourism route. Through this, the city expects to move beyond one-off visits to individual attractions and to form a tourism flow that leads to the use of nearby commercial districts and the consumption of local resources.

The key content of this project, the 10-meter-diameter LED moon sculpture, is the largest in Korea and will be developed as a symbolic landmark representing Gangneung’s nightscape. During the day, the sculpture itself will reinforce the identity of the space, and at night, the Moonlight Art Show, which combines light with video storytelling, will present distinctive media art content.

Starting with the kick-off briefing session, Gangneung City plans to proceed with full-scale production, installation, and content development, and to officially open the Moonlight Art Show in July. After the official opening, the city will sequentially enhance seasonal and theme-based content and will continue to expand programs to invigorate nighttime tourism.

An official from Gangneung City said, “The Moonlight Art Show is a stay-type tourism resource that connects Gangneung’s history, nature, and media art around the country’s largest LED moon sculpture,” adding, “We will implement the project in a way that the increased length of stay by tourists leads to the use of local commercial districts and to spending, thereby making a tangible contribution to revitalizing the local economy.”

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