Part of 'Visit Chungnam Year' initiative — completing Course 1 and uploading proof earns a 10,000-won mobile gift voucher
South Chungcheong Province announced Monday it has launched the "Chungnam Smart Digital Map Eco-Tourism Stamp Tour Event" as part of its Visit Chungnam Year campaign, running from 2025 to 2026.
Organized in collaboration with the Chungnam Culture and Tourism Foundation, the event runs through Nov. 30 and features 10 eco-tourism destinations across the province digitized on the Chungnam Smart Tourism Digital Map app, aiming to improve visitor convenience and boost the local economy.
The app is a mobile-based smart tourism service that lets users browse information on hidden local attractions, restaurants, accommodations and experience programs in one place, while providing real-time GPS-based public transit and navigation guidance.
To participate, visitors download the Chungnam Smart Tourism Digital Map app on their smartphones, launch the stamp tour feature and visit the designated tourist sites.
Upon completing the stamp tour, participants receive a completion certificate and upload it to their personal social media accounts with the required hashtags — #충남관광 and #충남방문의해 — to receive a 10,000-won (about $7) mobile gift voucher on a first-come, first-served basis.
The eco-tourism courses and their stops are: "White Birds Against Blue Mountains" (Yesan Stork Park and Deoksan Sudeoksa Temple); "Wind and Sand Through Time" (Seosan Cheonsuman Bird Land and Taean Sindu-ri Sand Dunes); "Immersed in Green Forests and Wetlands" (Nonsan Daedunsan and Geumsan Cheonnaeseubjji Eco Wetland Education Center); "Life's Path Across the Sea" (Boryeong Sohwang Sand Dunes and Seocheon Geumgang Estuary Bird Exhibition Hall); and "Chungnam Mountain Exploration" (Gongju Gyeryongsan Donghaksa Temple and Cheongyang Chilgapsan Janggoksa Temple).
Kim Yeong-myeong, director of the province's Environment and Forestry Bureau, said the event would "serve as an opportunity to showcase the appeal of eco-tourism sites that are worth preserving and where visitors can experience and learn about the importance of protecting ecosystems." He added that the province would "do its utmost to make these sites a new engine of regional growth, including by expanding a sustainable ecological foundation."
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