- The Hwacheon Sancheoneo Ice Festival is scheduled to kick off in 2024.
- It is anticipated that over a million people would attend the event, which runs for 23 days until January 28.
- Following a two-year hiatus due to COVID-19, the festival last year drew 1.31 million attendees.
In Hwacheon, a lonely mountain village in the northeastern province of Gangwon, the world-famous annual ice fishing festival, the Hwacheon Sancheoneo Ice Festival, is scheduled to kick off in 2024.
It is anticipated that over a million people will attend the event, which runs for 23 days until January 28. This will establish Hwacheon as a major winter festival destination.
Hwacheon
The festival, which the culture ministry named the finest in the country in 2010, attracted more than a million attendees for 13 years running, from 2006 to 2019.
When thousands of people attempted to capture Sancheoneo via holes carved over the surface of a large ice river, the festival previously made news throughout the world. Following a two-year hiatus due to COVID-19, the festival last year drew 1.31 million attendees.
As a representation of peace and national security, Hwacheon has developed into a vital economic force in the county, bringing in about 100 billion won (US$76.5 million) in direct economic consequences every year. The festival also benefits nearby eateries, lodging establishments, and producers of other amenities and mementos.
