▲ Ganghwa-gun in Incheon City promotes the “indoor tourist attraction development project” with the theme of “Korea Era Market Street” (Photo courtesy                       © World Lighting News.

 

 

Written by : Min-Woo Lee. Journalist.

Currently, the biggest immediate goal of local governments in Korea is financial

independence. This is because the reality is that domestic local governments are relying

on local grants provided by the state to lead local administrations, with the degree of

financial independence of most of them rising or falling by 30-40%.

 

◆ 'Financial independence' is the top challenge for local governments

 

In order for local governments to increase their financial independence, above all, they

must activate the local economy. This is because local governments' finances can be

strengthened only when the income from outside is increased. As a solution, “stay-type

tourism,” which attracts foreign tourists to stay in the region and spends more money on sightseeing and purchasing specialty products, is emerging.

 

In this regard, Incheon-si Ganghwa-gun (Mayor : Cheon-Ho Yoo) is actively promoting the

'indoor tourist attraction development project' under the theme of 'Market Street in the

Goryeo Era' to revitalize the original downtown of Ganghwa-eup and develop new t

ourism resources in the region.

 

The core of this project is to create a complex cultural experience space where people can experience food, refreshments, clothing rentals, and lifestyle by remodeling the old Ewha

Textiles building to recreate the “Korean marketplace”. Ganghwa-gun announced the

winning design competition for this on June 18th 2020.

 

Ganghwa-gun has received two contests and deliberated, and as a result, the design

proposal submitted by Id Architects Co., Ltd. was selected as the winning work. In this

design competition, the winners will be given design service rights for the Goryeo

Marketplace Project.

 

◆ The “Indoor tourist destination” can Welcome tourists Regardless of the weather

 

The 'Korea Marketplace Creation Project' remodels an existing building with a site area of ​​1940㎡ and a building area of ​​610㎡ in the area of ​​878 Gwancheong-ri, Ganghwa-eup,

and is used as a base tourism resource in connection with existing nearby tourist

attractions such as Sochang Experience Center, Choyang Textile, and Donggwang Textile

Develop. A total project cost of 2 billion won will be invested in this project, which is

scheduled for completion by the end of 2020.

 

Mayor Cheon-Ho Yoo said, "We will attract more tourists to the original city through the 'Korea Marketplace Creation Project', which will become a new landmark along with

existing tourism facilities such as Sochang Experience Center and Chaoyang Textile," and

said, "We will continue to do our best to revitalize the original city. I will."

 

It is expected that the “indoor tourism development project” will have the same effect as developing indoor tourism resources like Lotte World. Therefore, it is expected that the

'indoor tourist attraction creation project' that can welcome tourists regardless of the

weather will spread to local governments nationwide.

It can be said that it is natural for local governments nationwide to focus their attention

on the “Korea Era Market Street” project promoted by Ganghwa-gun.

 

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