Mokpo City Live Fish Plaza Bustling During Golden Holiday with Long Waiting Lines

Seafood Consumption Market Lively... Busy Welcoming Customers with National Sports Festival Events

During the Chuseok holiday, Jeonnam Mokpo Hwareohoe Plaza was bustling with tourists and visitors, leading the revitalization of the seafood consumption market in the Mokpo area, and merchants are expressing their happy complaints.

Exterior view of Mokpo Live Fish Plaza [Photo provided by Mokpo Fisheries Distribution Center]

The Mokpo Seafood Distribution Center proactively responded to major events such as the National Sports Festival, the Harbor Festival, and the National Paralympic Sports Festival with aggressive marketing.

During the golden holiday period of Chuseok and Hangul Day, the direct sales market at the Hwareohoe Plaza located in Mokpo City's North Port was crowded with customers selecting sashimi, and the restaurants on the 2nd and 3rd floors were filled to their temporary capacity of 420 seats, with waiting lines continuing, creating a lively atmosphere.

Merchant Kim, from Hwareohoe Plaza, said, “I have been doing business at this location continuously for 10 years since 2012, and this was an unprecedented holiday,” adding, “There was so much demand that we almost ran out of fish to sell.”

Yoon In-cheol, director of the Mokpo Seafood Distribution Center Foundation, said, “In a time when the seafood consumption market is shrinking nationwide, we are grateful that customers are visiting like this,” and added, “We will focus on managing seawater inflow and checking store operations, emphasizing kindness, hygiene, and safety to meet the trust of customers who visit our center.”

Customers are bustling in the restaurants on the 2nd and 3rd floors of the Live Fish Plaza located in Bukhang, Mokpo City.
[Photo by Mokpo Fisheries Distribution Center]

Meanwhile, the Distribution Center is busy preparing to welcome customers with kindness and hygiene during the National Sports Festival starting on the 13th and the National Paralympic Sports Festival held on the 3rd of next month.

Merchants at Mokpo Hwareohoe Plaza announced their determination, saying, “Since the 4th, we have been holding a ‘Table Setting Event for the Sports Festival’ for about 40 days, preparing discounted table settings representing gold, silver, and bronze medals for the Sports Festival meals to welcome customers and participate in the festive atmosphere.”