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The Peace Dam in Hwacheon-gun has been operated as a visit-type tourist attraction focusing on security tourism, and through this agreement, it will be converted into a stay-type healing space, aiming to revitalize tourism and develop the local economy.
Agreement between Hwacheon-gun and Korea Water Resources Corporation… Establishment of meditation park and agricultural product sales center by 2028
(Hwacheon = Yonhap News) Reporter Lee Sang-hak = Peace Dam, a representative security tourist attraction in Hwacheon, Gangwon-do, will be newly created as a healing space that combines residential tourism and relaxation.
Hwacheon-gun and Korea Water Resources Corporation's Peace Dam branch announced on the 26th that they recently signed an agreement to implement the 'Peace Dam Stay-type Healing Space Creation Project' at the county office.
This project is being promoted to expand the Peace Dam from a visit-type tourist attraction centered on security and peace tourism to a stay-type space where tourists can stay and relax.
According to the agreement, the two organizations plan to create a new landmark, meditation park, and rest area around the Peace Dam by 2028.
In addition, we plan to establish a local agricultural product sales outlet so that tourist consumption can lead to income for local farmers and residents.
Hwacheon-gun expected that the refurbishment of the Peace Dam would help increase tourist stay time by expanding tourism content linking existing security tourism resources and the surrounding natural environment.

South Korea's major highways experienced severe congestion Friday morning as travelers departed for the Chuseok holiday, with the Seoul-to-Busan journey estimated at 8 hours and 40 minutes and approximately 6.84 million vehicles expected nationwide.

On the 24th, the first day of the Chuseok holiday, 20 passenger ships on 15 routes connecting Incheon Island and the inland will operate normally. As of 6:20 a.m., the sea off Incheon has winds of 2 to 6 meters per second and waves of 0.5 meters, causing no disruption to navigation, and the Incheon Regional Office of Oceans and Fisheries expects that about 12,000 people will use it that day.

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Incheon International Airport Corporation is expected to use an average of 228,000 passengers per day during the Chuseok holiday, or a total of 1.14 million passengers. In particular, as the total number of passengers on the 27th is expected to increase by 7.9% to 247,018 compared to the previous year, it announced that it will implement special transportation measures such as expanding self-check-in, increasing security personnel, and securing additional parking lots.

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