Suwon Special City Prepares to Leap Forward as Global Tourism Destination Leveraging 'Visit Suwon 2026-2027'

[Suwon Ilbo=Reporter Jeong Junseong] Suwon Special City is advancing toward becoming a ‘global tourism destination’ by leveraging the ‘Visit Suwon 2026-2027’ initiative.

The city held a ‘Visit Suwon 2026-2027 Departmental Implementation Progress Report Meeting’ on the 13th in the city hall conference room, presided over by First Vice Mayor Kim Hyun-soo, to review the progress of the Visit Suwon Year initiative.

Forty departments are advancing 75 projects. During the meeting, implementation progress was presented across four areas: △Promotion △Reception infrastructure △Events △Content.

In the promotion sector, the city will strengthen integrated online and offline publicity and expand targeted marketing to attract domestic and international tourists. The city will focus on expanding the city's image through SNS, tourism platforms, and media collaboration.

The reception infrastructure sector plans to examine and improve overall tourism infrastructure including transportation, environment, and information systems in preparation for increased visitor numbers.

In the events sector, the city will expand and operate various events and festivals to encourage seasonal, nighttime, and extended-stay tourism. Tourism programs linked with existing events will be strengthened to attract visitors.

In the content sector, experiential tourism content and storytelling-based programs will be continuously discovered and expanded. The city plans to focus on developing differentiated tourism content utilizing Suwon's historical and cultural resources.

Meanwhile, the city plans to regularly monitor the progress of the Visit Suwon Year initiative and strengthen inter-departmental collaboration to build a sustainable tourism ecosystem.

The city proclaimed the Visit Suwon Year to commemorate the 230th anniversary of the construction of Hwaseong Fortress (2026) and the 30th anniversary of Hwaseong Fortress's designation as a UNESCO World Heritage Site (2027). The slogan is ‘Suwon For You’. The city has set a goal of establishing itself as a global tourism destination attracting 15 million visitors annually.

First Vice Mayor Kim Hyun-soo said, “Visit Suwon Year is a core project that must be pursued through collaboration among all departments,” and urged, “Let us create a stepping stone for Suwon to leap forward as a global tourism destination through organic collaboration.”

He added, “It is important to create changes and results that tourists can experience,” and emphasized, “Projects must be executed from the field-oriented perspective.”