Ganghwa 'Yeonmijeong and Wolgot Dundae' Selected as 'Promising Niche Tourist Destinations' by Korea Tourism Organization

[Suwon Ilbo=Reporter Seo Dong-young] Ganghwa County announced on the 13th that 'Ganghwa Yeonmijeong' and 'Wolgot Dundae' have been selected as targets for the 'Promising Niche Tourist Destinations' development project led by the Gyeonggi-Incheon Branch of the Korea Tourism Organization (Branch Director Kim Bae-ho).

The 'Promising Niche Tourist Destinations' development project is an initiative to discover locations with potential to grow into popular tourist attractions for balanced regional tourism development and cultivate them as promising destinations through systematic marketing.

Yeonmijeong is an outdoor tourist attraction that enables safe untact (Untact) travel away from COVID-19. With North Korea's landscape visible right before one's eyes and seeming within reach, the location sits where the Han River and Imjin River converge to flow into the West Sea. It has long been regarded as the most scenic among the Eight Scenic Spots of Ganghwa.

Ganghwa County and the Korea Tourism Organization's Gyeonggi-Incheon Branch plan to develop the area into a tourist destination with a story by utilizing △the beautiful scenery of Yeonmijeong and Wolgot Dundae △the historical significance related to Yeonmijeong, including Goryeo's relocation of its capital to Ganghwa and the Ganghwa Treaty △the geographical characteristics of adjacency to North Korea.

Additionally, plans are in place to discover various experiential content in connection with the 'Yeonmijeong Village Tour' program operated by 'Ganghwa Journey,' a resident business entity of Ganghwa County's tourism cooperative.

A military official stated, "The selection of Yeonmijeong as a promising niche tourist destination will be a good opportunity to expand outdoor tourist attractions where social distancing related to COVID-19 is possible and develop peace tourism areas to revitalize tourism in Ganghwa County's border region. Through cooperation with the Korea Tourism Organization's Gyeonggi-Incheon Branch, we will continuously develop various tourist resources and tourism products."