'DMZ Pyeonghwa-ui Gil' Ganghwa Theme Route Opens... War Museum, Daeryong Market Course Included

Total 62.5 km Including Walking Path Along the Cheolchaekseon Fence

Incheon City announced on the 3rd that it will open the 'DMZ Peace Road' Ganghwa theme route near the Demilitarized Zone in Ganghwa-gun starting from the 16th.

The DMZ Peace Road theme route is a security tourism program that allows participants to experience the importance of security and freedom through the ecological, cultural, and historical resources of the border area near the Demilitarized Zone. It started in 2021 and has been operated 57 times until last year, with 726 participants.

The Ganghwa theme route, which will operate until the end of November, is a course that tours Ganghwa War Museum~6.25 Veterans Memorial Park~Ganghwa Peace Observatory~Uidubuncho~Fence Line Walking Trail~Buljangdondae~Daeryong Market~Hwage Garden.

The total distance is 62.5 km, including about 1.5 km of the fence line walking trail, and it takes about 5 to 6 hours. During the walk, a guide tells various touching stories hidden within the route.

Participants can apply through the 'Peace Road' website and the walking travel mobile application (app) 'Durunubi', and the participation fee of 10,000 KRW per person is returned as local specialty products.

'DMZ Peace Road' Ganghwa Theme Route [Provided by Incheon City]

Ganghwado has been a refuge for overcoming national crises and the starting point of peace tourism on the Korean Peninsula. It has served as a refuge (sanctuary) during moments of national crisis and has protected the peace of the Republic of Korea. On the northern coast of Ganghwa, facing North Korea, old military facilities called dondae still play a role in national defense and peace.

Walking along the coastal fence line trail starting from Uidubuncho included in this Ganghwa theme route, visitors can enjoy a retro-sentimental time travel at Daeryong Market, which was the living place of displaced persons. There are also various sights such as Yeonmijeong, where the Han River and Imjin River meet, and Goryeo Cheondo Park, which depicts the relocation from Gaegyeong to Ganghwado during the Mongol invasions.