Jinju City Council Planning and Culture Committee Visits Danyang and Jecheon to Review Cultural and Tourism Policies

Visited Danyang and Jecheon in Chungcheongbuk-do from October 27 to 29; examined tourism resource use and urban regeneration cases
Reviewed traditional market revitalization, culinary tourism, and cultural facility operations

The Planning and Culture Committee of Jinju City Council in Gyeongsangnam-do visited Danyang County and Jecheon City in Chungcheongbuk-do from October 27 to 29, spending three days examining examples of cultural and tourism policy and urban regeneration projects.

The comparative field trip was organized to review how other local governments use tourism resources and carry out projects to revitalize old downtown areas, and to explore ways to apply those approaches to Jinju's cultural and tourism policies.

[Photo courtesy of Jinju City Council] Members of the Jinju City Council's Planning and Culture Committee pose for a commemorative photo with officials after visiting the Jecheon City Council on the 29th to share examples of legislative activities and responses to local issues.

On the first day, October 27, the committee visited Danyang Tourism Corporation and heard about the organizational management of a local public enterprise specializing in tourism, its public-private partnership model, and the development of tourism content.

It then visited the Suyanggae Prehistory Museum to examine how local historical and cultural heritage is used as a tourism resource. At Danyang Gugyeong Market, the committee also reviewed the development of food products using local specialties such as garlic and the market's operations.

On October 28, the committee visited the Jecheon City Urban Regeneration Support Center to learn about resident-participatory urban regeneration projects and efforts to strengthen local communities.

The committee also took part in Jecheon's "Gastro Tour," a culinary tourism program linking local food with tourism resources, and examined how the program connects tourist visits with businesses in the old downtown area.

At Jecheon Arts Center, the committee heard about the venue's operations and exchanged views with officials on ways to connect cultural facilities with nearby businesses.

On the final day, October 29, the committee visited Jecheon City Council, shared examples of major legislative activities and responses to local issues, and discussed ways for local councils to exchange and cooperate.

Kang Myoyoung, chair of the Planning and Culture Committee of Jinju City Council, said, "We saw firsthand how Danyang and Jecheon use their tourism resources, approach urban regeneration, and operate cultural facilities. We will assess what we learned on this trip in light of Jinju's circumstances and draw on it in our future legislative work."

Jinju City Council's Planning and Culture Committee plans to continue reviewing policies on the use of local tourism resources, revitalization of the old downtown area, and the operation of cultural facilities, based on the examples examined during the comparative field trip.

To make the field trip effective, the committee will need to develop specific policies that Jinju can adopt from the cases it visited, assess the related budgets and feasibility, and incorporate the findings into its legislative work.

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