National Heritage Tour Expands to 100 Sites... New Dinosaur Footprints and Coal Mine Courses Added

Cultural Heritage Administration Introduces New Routes and "Passport 2"
Family Applications Now Accepted in Bulk

From Cretaceous dinosaur footprints to traces of modern industrialization, a trail that allows visitors to experience Korea’s hidden heritage is now open to the public.

National Heritage Travel Map / National Heritage Promotion Institute.

On September 7, the Cultural Heritage Administration and the National Heritage Promotion Agency announced that three new routes will be added to the “National Heritage Visit Campaign.” The existing ten routes, which have focused on history and culture with 76 key sites, will be expanded to thirteen routes and 100 key locations by adding three new routes featuring modern and contemporary heritage, dinosaur fossils, and natural caves, with 24 new sites.

The newly introduced routes include the “Path of Modern Heritage,” which connects sites like the Incheon Open Port Nuri Road and the Taebaek Cheoram Coal Mine History Village; the “Path of Korean Peninsula Dinosaurs,” which brings together fossil sites in Haenam, South Jeolla Province and Jinju, South Gyeongsang Province; and the “Path of Natural Caves,” linking caves in Samcheok, Gangwon Province and Danyang, North Chungcheong Province.

To encourage visits to the new sites, the National Heritage Promotion Agency will issue the “Visitor Passport 2.” Participants who complete all key points on a route will receive a badge and a medal.

Convenience will also be improved. Applications for the existing “Passport 1” will be accepted on the 10th of each month, and for “Passport 2” on the 20th. A single family representative may apply for up to four passports at once.

Passport pickup locations, previously limited to places such as the Incheon International Airport Promotion Center, will be increased as well. On September 10, a new promotion center will open on the first floor of the National Palace Museum of Korea in Seoul. Participants who have verified visits to forty key sites with “Passport 1” will also receive a set consisting of a quilted passport case and a bag.

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