Changwon Special City Joins Hands with Tourism Promotion Committee to Revitalize Changwon Tourism

by Song Jonggu

Published 23 Feb.2024 13:52(KST)

Updated 04 Aug.2025 20:43(KST)

Opened Changwon City Tourism Promotion Committee and Proposed Urgent Industrialization of Jinhae Gunhangje and Masan Chrysanthemum Festival

On the 23rd, Changwon Special City in Gyeongnam held the 51st Tourism Promotion Committee meeting in the City Hall's 3rd conference room, engaging in in-depth discussions on plans for the permanent establishment of the Chrysanthemum Festival and other tourism development strategies for Changwon.

Changwon Special City Seeks Tourism Development Plans Together with the Tourism Promotion Committee.

During the meeting, proposals were made regarding the 2024 major tourism tasks and the plan for the 62nd Jinhae Gunhang Festival, including ▲Southern region (Southeast region - Changwon) metropolitan development project ▲Establishment of Changwon Special City comprehensive tourism development plan ▲Tourism resource development projects ▲Revamping of the Changwon tourism website ▲Jinhae Gyeonghwa Station landmark project.

The committee members suggested that industrialization of Changwon’s representative festivals, the Jinhae Gunhang Festival and the Masan Chrysanthemum Festival, is urgently needed to revitalize tourism.

In particular, many expressed the opinion that to revitalize the Chrysanthemum Festival, which faces financial waste and limitations in expansion due to its annual one-time festival setup, it is necessary to create a year-round chrysanthemum-based permanent complex space.

Park Dong-jin, Director of the Culture, Tourism and Sports Bureau, said, “I hope the committee members will lend their expertise and wisdom to help activate Changwon tourism through festival industrialization and commercialization of tourism resources.”

Meanwhile, the Changwon Special City Tourism Promotion Committee is a policy advisory body composed of experts such as tourism business operators, workers from culture, arts, and tourism-related institutions, and professors, aimed at improving Changwon’s tourism conditions and fostering the local tourism industry.