Incheon Dong-gu (District Mayor Kim Chan-jin) announced on the 15th that it had launched the ‘2025 Festival Development Research Group’. This research group was formed to identify problems with various festivals, including Dong-gu’s representative festival, Hwadojin Festival, and to devise improvement measures.
The Festival Development Research Association was comprised of 11 members, including 4 local residents, 3 festival experts, and 4 current and former Hwadojin Festival officials. All members participated voluntarily.
The research group is directly checking the festival route and location, benchmarking successful cases, and collecting data. Through this, they are researching festival development plans that can lead to resident harmony and regional development following the launch of Jemulpo Port, and plan to announce the research results in October 2025.
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One of the participating members said, “I am grateful to the Culture and Tourism Department for creating a study group so that the opinions of residents and experts can be reflected in the festival,” and “As the center of the launch of Jemulpo Port, Dong-gu will do its best to develop the festival and events as well as provide a festival manual.”
Dong-gu District Mayor Kim Chan-jin said, “Through this research meeting, we will gather the voices of local residents, opinions of experts, and festival operation experiences of current and former public officials to make Dong-gu’s festival a safe and interesting festival.”
The research group is expected to continue its activities with the goal of improving the quality of the Donggu Festival and to suggest a new festival direction in line with the launch of Jemulpo Port.
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