Gangwon Province Wins Selection for All 3 Fishing Village New Deal 3.0 Sites, Secures 70 Billion Won in Total Project Funding

Mukho Port and Samcheok Port to be developed as hubs for marine tourism and fishing village economies
Expand infrastructure for residents at Gyoam and Munam 2-ri Port in Goseong
Secures 70 billion won in total, kicking off efforts to revitalize marine tourism and local economies

Gangwon Special Self-Governing Province (Governor Woo Sangho) secured a total project budget of 70 billion won, including 37 billion won in state funding, after all three areas it nominated were selected in the government's fishing village revitalization project competition. Mukho Port in Donghae and Samcheok Port will be developed as hubs for marine tourism and fishing village economies, while Gyoam and Munam 2-ri Port in Goseong will receive expanded infrastructure for residents.

Project plan. Courtesy of Gangwon Province.

Gangwon Province announced on November 9 that Mukho Port in Donghae, Samcheok Port in Samcheok, and Gyoam and Munam 2-ri Port in Goseong had been selected in the Ministry of Oceans and Fisheries' competition for the 2027 Fishing Village New Deal 3.0 project.

Mukho Port and Samcheok Port, selected in the Economic Leap category, will each receive 30 billion won. At Mukho Port, the province will create a combined fisheries and tourism hub, including a live and fresh fish market and a startup mall for young entrepreneurs. Plans also include improving pedestrian conditions, building dispersed hillside hotels, creating a distinctive nighttime landscape, and upgrading sanitation at the fishing port, with the aim of developing it into a marine tourism hub where visitors can stay and enjoy themselves.

At Samcheok Port, the province will create a waterfront area linked to the Jeongra Cultural and Arts Space and use the tsunami safety tower as a tourism attraction. It will also create atmospheric alleyways and specialized seafood processing and sales facilities, and combine fishing industry support facilities to develop the port into a fishing village economic hub connecting culture and the arts with the fisheries industry.

Gyoam and Munam 2-ri Port in Goseong, selected in the Fishing Village Recovery category, will receive 10 billion won. The province will create care spaces and a fishing village station, and expand facilities needed by residents, including walkways, restrooms, and parking lots.

The province has developed region-specific strategies for the project competition and operated consulting services with experts in fishing village and fishing port revitalization to address the declining fishing population and aging facilities. The province said Governor Woo Sangho also called for the province to respond to the competition by modernizing facilities while preserving the unique traditions of fishing villages, starting immediately after his election last June.

Governor Woo Sangho said, "The selection of all our nominated areas in the Fishing Village New Deal 3.0 competition is a valuable achievement made possible by fishing communities and city and county administrations working together, drawing on our province's clean marine resources. We will focus the province's capabilities on carrying out tailored projects that reflect the distinct characteristics of Donghae, Samcheok, and Goseong without disruption, improving the environment in underdeveloped fishing villages, and creating vibrant coastlines and fishing villages where young people can return and pursue their dreams and where people will want to live."

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