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Holding a specialty product festival utilizing local foods (ganggyeong salted seafood, Sangwol sweet potatoes) and tourism resources
The Ganggyeong Salted-Seafood Festival reinterprets traditional taste and culture in a modern way to continue intergenerational exchange. It runs varied participatory programs for younger consumers to broaden Ganggyeong's salted-seafood food culture. Using Ganggyeong's history and cultural resources, it presents new value for local tourism through distinctive content. Against the Geumgang scenery, it creates themed rest spaces reflecting the latest trends, offering visitors a special experience and ease. It also pursues a sustainable festival-industrialization strategy through corporate cooperation to revitalize the local economy, aiming to establish itself as a representative local festival of Korea.
