Chungnam Province "Completes Blueprint for West Coast International Tourism Belt"

The blueprint for the ‘International Marine Leisure Tourism Belt’ project, aimed at developing the west coast of Chungnam as a marine leisure tourism hotspot, has been completed.

On the 7th, Chungnam Province announced that it held the final report meeting for the research project on ‘Establishing the West Coast International Marine Leisure Tourism Belt’ at the Chungnam Provincial Office.

On the 7th, the final report meeting for the West Coast International Marine Leisure Tourism Belt Development Project was held at Chungnam Provincial Office. Provided by Chungnam Province

At the report meeting, Plan Issue, the research agency, shared the results including ▲regional promotion plans ▲project plans by type ▲execution plans for the marine leisure tourism belt.

First, the regional promotion strategy was presented with five major strategies?hub activation, theme specialization, surrounding linkage, regional integration, and function sustainability?comprising 33 detailed projects.

Hub activation focused on establishing a development foundation by utilizing the functions and infrastructure of core projects, including seven projects such as establishing a Garorim Bay circulation tourism system.

Theme specialization involved setting themes based on regional characteristics to expand and connect hubs, promoting the yacht industry among 17 projects. Surrounding linkage aimed to prepare a connected tourism strategy linking maritime and land areas as well as leisure and culture, implementing three projects including the establishment of the Asan Bay metropolitan cooperation branding.

Regional integration focused on forming external recognition and creating a comprehensive tourism service environment through three projects such as establishing a marine tourism transportation system.

Function sustainability included three projects such as building a tourism belt performance evaluation system, aiming to design a cooperative development system for strengthening tourism responsiveness and efficient operation.

Based on the research results, Chungnam Province plans to establish an integrated development plan that organically connects large-scale strategic projects such as the creation of Garorim Bay National Marine Ecological Park, development of Anmyeondo tourist area, development of Wonsando in Boryeong as a world-class marine leisure tourism city, conservation of the world natural heritage mudflats and creation of marine ecological routes, and fostering the west coast coastal resort (marina) industry.

Jeon Hyung-sik, Deputy Governor for Political Affairs of Chungnam Province, said, “We will actively collect and supplement the opinions presented at the report meeting to establish an advanced marine leisure tourism infrastructure on the west coast and build content that enables year-round marine tourism.”