Donghae City Accelerates Efforts to Become a Stay-Type Tourism City with "Nights More Beautiful Than Days"

Expanding Nighttime Tourism for the Provincial Residents' Sports Festival and Lavender Festival
Nighttime Landscape Lighting Illuminates the Local Economy

Donghae City in Gangwon Province is set to promote itself as a "tourism city where visitors stay even at night" by connecting nighttime scenic lighting at major attractions with experiential content, in response to the large influx of visitors expected for the Para Sports Games for the Disabled, the Provincial Residents' Sports Festival, and the Lavender Festival in June.

Jeoncheon Character Park. Provided by Donghae City

This nighttime tourism initiative focuses on efficiently utilizing existing tourism infrastructure and landscape lighting, rather than expanding new facilities.

The city plans to both extend tourists' length of stay and revitalize the local economy, while maintaining its energy-saving policy through the use of high-efficiency LED lighting and adjustments to lighting hours.

Donghae City has gradually developed nighttime scenic projects around the Chuam, Hanseom, Mangsang, Jeoncheon, and Mureung areas. Recently, the city explained that the trend is shifting from "sightseeing during the day and leaving at night" to a stay-type tourism flow, where nighttime experiences, accommodations, and food consumption are increasing.

Chuam. Provided by Donghae City

In particular, during the Mureungbyeolyucheonji Lavender Festival in June, nighttime opening hours will be implemented. Landscape lighting will be installed to enable nighttime operation of attractions such as the Sky Glider and Alpine Coaster, and purple lights will illuminate the lavender garden area, offering a unique nighttime tourism experience that differs from the daytime.

In the Chuam area, the "Chuam Dawn Light Theme Park" is the centerpiece, featuring specialized lighting for the sculpture park, media facades, and starlight illumination, creating a nighttime landscape that blends light, nature, and art.

Chuam. Provided by Donghae City

Hanseom Beach has established itself as a nighttime walking destination with its rhythmic gate and light tunnel, while the Jeoncheon area, centered on the Floating Bridge Garden and Character Park, is drawing attention as a nighttime healing space linked to the Haebaranggil Trail.

Camping destinations such as Mangsang Beach, Mureung Valley, and Chuam Campground are also creating an emotional nighttime atmosphere where visitors can enjoy the night sea and nature, by making use of existing landscape lighting and minimizing excessive electricity consumption.

Mangssang Deck. Provided by Donghae City

An official from Donghae City stated, "We will continue to expand efficient nighttime tourism content linked to existing tourism resources to strengthen our image as a stay-type tourism city that is enjoyable both day and night, and to boost the local economy." The official added, "Nighttime tourism is not just about lighting displays, but rather a local economy-oriented tourism policy that extends tourists' length of stay and leads to increased use of accommodations, restaurants, and local businesses."

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