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On the 27th, the Korea Tourism Organization (President Park Sung-hyuk, hereinafter referred to as the "Construction") will sign a business agreement with five local governments, including Hwaseong Special City in Gyeonggi-do, Boryeong City in Chungcheongnam-do, Yeosu City in Jeollanam-do, Tongyeong City in Gyeongsangnam-do, and Seogwipo City in Jeju Special Self-Governing Province to promote the "2026 Sea-nergy Island-Company Win-Win Tourism Project." This project was designed to revitalize the local economy by overcoming the decline in island tourists and the lack of island tourism services.
According to this business agreement, the corporation will support the discovery of differentiated tourism content by combining innovative ideas of tourism companies with natural and cultural resources unique to the island. It is in charge of general planning and operation, budget support for demonstration projects, and integrated public relations marketing. Each island selected through a public offering in January will collaborate with tourism companies to introduce specialized tourism programs such as outdoor, gourmet, village experience, and ecotour. Local governments are responsible for administrative support such as local networking and licensing of tourism companies.
Each island selected is ▲ Jebudo Island and Kukhwa Island in Hwaseong Special City ▲ Wonsan Island in Boryeong City ▲ Nangdo Island and Geumodo Island in Yeosu City ▲ Sangdo Island in Tongyeong City and Gapado Island in Seogwipo City.
"This project is a new win-win model that combines public support, corporate innovation, and active participation of local governments and islanders," said Lee Hyun-jin, head of the regional tourism content office. "We will actively support our islands with local governments so that they can be reborn as attractive destinations that the whole people want to visit."
In addition, tourism companies that will develop island-specific products from the end of March to April will tour.kr) will be selected, and from May, the demonstration project and the campaign to revitalize island tourism will be launched in earnest. In particular, it plans to maximize the synergy effect of island tourism in connection with the 2026 Yeosu World Island Fair and the 2027 Island Biennale.
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