Yeoncheon, Gyeonggi Province, South Korea | From a Paleolithic Festival to a Bold Vision of 10 Million Annual Living Visitors
Hello, this is Jiro! Today, we’d like to introduce Yeoncheon, a region in Gyeonggi Province, South Korea. Located just outside the Seoul metropolitan area, Yeoncheon is a place with a unique character—one where the legacy of the Paleolithic era still lives on today. In Yeoncheon, an ambitious initiative has recently begun, aiming to attract 10 million annual “living population” visits. One key part of this effort is the Yeoncheon Paleolithic Festival, held every year in celebration of the region’s rich prehistoric heritage. Built around a fully realized Paleolithic theme, the festival offers an immersive experience that draws large crowds and plays a meaningful role in boosting Yeoncheon’s living population. Jiro visited the Paleolithic Festival in person. Based on what we saw with our own eyes and experienced firsthand at the festival, we organized a set of ideas aimed at further expanding Yeoncheon’s living population and held an exchange of views with officials from the Yeoncheon Co...