Authentic Treasures 'Highlighting the Charm of Paju'
At Heyri Art Village Travel Station Until the End of March 2025
Paju City, Gyeonggi Province (Mayor Kim Kyung-il) will exhibit the ‘2024 Paju City Tourism Souvenir Contest Award-Winning Works’ at the Heyri Art Village Travel Station from the 17th until the end of March 2025.
Paju City is exhibiting the "2024 Paju City Tourism Souvenir Contest Winners" at the Heyri Art Village Travel Station from the 17th until the end of March 2025. Photo by Paju City
The Paju City Tourism Souvenir Contest was established to discover excellent tourism souvenirs that creatively express the characteristics of Paju, effectively promote local tourism resources, and foster the growth of local businesses. From June to August, a total of 29 works were submitted, and after judging, five final works were selected as award winners.
The prestigious Grand Prize was awarded to the ‘Jangdan Sambak Natural Soap,’ made using Paju’s representative specialties?Hansuwi rice, Jangdan soybeans, and Gaeseong ginseng?and is a vegan-certified product that does not use any animal-derived ingredients. The Gold Prize went to the ‘Paju Jangdan Soybean Drip Bag Coffee,’ a blend of Jangdan soybeans and coffee in drip bag form. The Silver Prize was awarded to three works: a T-shirt expressing major tourist attractions in Paju titled ‘Paju, in My Embrace,’ made with organic magnolia flowers cultivated in the DMZ clean area; and a ceramic teacup themed on peace and hope called ‘Embracing Peace, Soaring Paju.’
Paju City plans to continue exhibiting the award-winning works at major tourist sites such as Imjingak, starting with this exhibition to widely promote them. Additionally, they will actively promote the works by producing and distributing brochures that include explanations and purchase information about the award-winning items.
The exhibition can be viewed at the Reed Plaza Travel Station in Heyri Art Village. Operating hours are from 11 a.m. to 5 p.m. until February 2025, and from 11 a.m. to 6 p.m. in March.
Kim Yoon-jung, Director of the Tourism Division, said, “Through this exhibition, we hope to widely promote excellent tourism souvenirs that embody the local characteristics and foster mutual growth between local businesses and the tourism industry,” adding, “We look forward to the interest and visits of citizens and tourists alike.”
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