At the '2019 Korea Tourism Star' awards ceremony held at the Shilla Hotel in Seoul this afternoon, Nakan-eup, Taehwa River Country Garden, Mancheonha Shmi Skywalker theme park, Jeongnamjin Pyeonbaek Forest Woodland is the main prize, ', EXO received a special award.
The Korea Tourism Star has been selected since 2010 to discover Korea's excellent tourism resources. Since this year, the award system has been reorganized as a main prize and a special prize.
Nakan-eupseong in Suncheon is a planned city for the Joseon Dynasty. It was designated as the first private site No. 302 in Korea.
The Taehwa River Country Garden was designated as the 2nd Country Garden in September this year in recognition of its value linking resources and gardens by restoring the Taehwa River in Ulsan, which was heavily polluted in the early 2000s.
The Mancheonha Shmi Skywalker in Danyang is a sightseeing course consisting of glass bridges, observatory, straw wire, and monorail alpine coaster.
Jangheung Jeongnamjin Pyeonbaek Forest Woodland is famous for its gentle slope 'Malegil', which is formed between dense white trees to the top of Mt.
Jeju 'Bunker of Light' was selected as a new tourism resource that is expected to grow due to its high potential.
The bunker of light is a place where 900 square meters of space used as a national communication facility was reborn as an immersive media art exhibition hall.
In addition, MBC Everlon's program 'Come on ~ Korea is the first time that foreign friends who visited Korea for the first time have traveled. 'Was a contribution to the revitalization of Korean tourism. The male group EXO received a special prize in recognition of its efforts to attract foreign tourists through popular culture.
Park Yang-woo, Minister of Culture and Tourism, said, "As we have been selected as the representative of Korea tourism, we hope that it will become a bright star that will lead the future of our tourism."