Miryang City Named Best City in the "2025 Cultural City Development Project" for Second Consecutive Year

A Virtuous Cycle Linking Culture, Tourism, and the Economy
A Sustainable Model for Regional Development

Miryang City in South Gyeongsang Province announced on February 12 that it had been selected as a "Best Cultural City," the highest grade, in the performance evaluation of the "2025 Cultural City Development Project" organized by the Ministry of Culture, Sports and Tourism.

This evaluation was conducted on a total of 30 local governments, including 17 statutory cultural cities from the 2nd to 4th rounds and 13 Korea Cultural Cities.

Selected as Korea's Best Cultural City for Two Consecutive Years. Provided by Miryang City

Miryang City solidified its status as a leading cultural city representing Korea by achieving top-tier results for two consecutive years, following its selection as Best Cultural City in 2023 and as Cultural City of the Year in 2024.

The city received overwhelming marks for the sustainability of the project and for on-site execution capacity. In particular, under the vision of "Recovery of Life, A New Future, Haepsal Cultural City Miryang," it has gone beyond one-off events and has been implementing a systematic roadmap that transforms the overall structure of the city.

From 2022 to 2026, over a five-year period, the city has been systematically carrying out strategies to build a cultural ecosystem, revitalize cultural spaces, and link culture with tourism and the economy, all based on the region's unique cultural assets. Centered on voluntary citizen participation, it is creating a virtuous cycle in which culture extends into everyday life and industry and leads to the recovery of the community. Going forward, the city plans to further advance the outcomes of the project and expand them as a sustainable regional development model.

An official from the city said, "This selection as Best Cultural City is a meaningful result that signifies Miryang has been officially recognized as a sustainable model for Korea's cultural policy," adding, "We will continue to adopt culture-based creative industries as a core strategy for urban growth, and establish a sustainable city brand in which citizens' lives become richer and the economy is revitalized."

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