Gapyeong County promotes new tourism strategy that combines nature and leisure = Korean report

Gapyeong County, the largest recreational area in the Korean metropolitan area, is promoting a new tourism strategic project that combines diverse ecological resources with mountain and water leisure activities.
According to Gapyeong County, Gyeonggi-do, the Korea Tourism Organization has compiled big data on tourism and travel trends over the past three years.
As a result of the analysis, six travel keywords were extracted: local, outdoor/leisure, rural, eco-friendly, staycation type, and hobby. Among the keywords, outdoor leisure and hobby travel are popular among tourists.
are increasingly placing more emphasis on leisure activities and the value of travel, which is expected to lead to increased demand for travel.
For this reason, Gapyeong County plans to designate Jara Island, which is scheduled to be completed in 2024, as a special tourist zone.
In addition to the project to turn the natural ecology of the Jara Island area into a tourist destination, the Bukhangan Millennium Passage Project and the creation of the Unaksan Tourist and Leisure Area, which will be completed in 2026, are in the stages of development.
We are promoting this initiative. Furthermore, Gapyeong County plans to build the Jara Island Gossomnal Pier (tentative name), one of the piers for pleasure boats that operate on the Millennium Route on the Bukhan River, and make it a landmark of Gapyeong.
is. At the same time, we will promote the creation of the ``U.S.-British Commonwealth Tourism and Security Park,'' which will combine the battlefields of the Korean War in Gapyeong with security and military reward facilities.
Gapyeong County has added the keyword ``youth'' to such tourist content, and has added the keyword ``youth'' to this kind of tourist content.
We are currently preparing the Cheongpyeong project. In addition, the city will also promote a project to create a cafe street in Homyeongsan Mountain and a revitalization plan for Cheongpyeong Station.
The city will also carry out music projects centered on the Jara Island Jazz Festival, a strategy that will advance the city's image as a music city.
Furthermore, in Gapyeong, an area with a declining population, it has become possible to designate it as a Special Opportunity Development Zone, which will create jobs by attracting excellent companies.
The plan is to revitalize the local economy. Gapyeong County officials said, ``In order to realize the plan for Gapyeong, a city where nature flourishes economically, it is important to strategically promote the tourism industry, which is an industry without smokestacks.''
``We will promote the project with the practical goal of attracting tourists who stay for more than three hours.''