Gyeongju renovates vacant house into village hotel...Opens to domestic and foreign tourists = South Korea

Gyeongju, a historic city in South Korea, is promoting a project to renovate vacant houses into village hotels. A village hotel is a lodging facility that is a renovated vacant house. Amendments to related laws have made it possible for not only foreign tourists but also domestic tourists to
It is now available to customers as well. On the 11th, Gyeongju City held a ceremony to hang a signboard for conversion to special accommodation for nationals at Happiness Geumjari, a village hotel built as part of the Happiness Fan Village urban renewal project.
Ta. This indicates that the Tourism Promotion Act has been revised to allow not only foreigners but also local citizens to stay overnight in village enterprises established for urban revitalization purposes. This conversion to special accommodation for nationals
This is the first time this has happened in North Gyeongsang Province, and the ceremony to raise the signboard on that day was to encourage the achievements made so far. On this day, in addition to ``Happiness Geumjari'', ``Blue Planet'', ``Hwano Inn''
'', ``Stay Fanchon'' and three other village hotels also received similar signs. At the commemorative event, Gyeongju Mayor Joo Nak-young and Happiness Fan Village Cooperative Chairman Jeon Soo Kyeong attended.
Approximately 40 people participated. Mayor Chu said, ``In an era when Gyeongju will host the 2025 APEC Summit and 50 million people will visit Gyeongju, we will build a village hotel within the urban renewal project area that can welcome domestic and foreign tourists.
, and expectations are high. I am interested in the village community projects run by residents and hope that they will help revitalize tourism and the local economy in Gyeongju, and I would like to continue to support them."
Chairman Chung said, ``With the active support of Gyeongju City, Happiness Fan Village has grown as a tourist attraction in Gyeongju and contributed to the local economy.
I would like to do my best to contribute to the revitalization of the economy." Gyeongju City plans to continue expanding its vacant house utilization project and increasing the number of village hotels. Currently, nine locations are scheduled to register during the first half of the year. child
All of these will be converted into village hotels as part of a project to utilize abandoned vacant houses, and are expected to have the effect of killing two birds with one stone in the recovery of the local commercial area and the maintenance of vacant houses.