Seoul
2026 Returning to Fishing Villages Cultural Festival
2026 귀어귀촌 어촌관광 한마당
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Plan your visit
- Dates
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- Venue
- Gwanghwamun Square Nolima Hall
- Address
- Seoul Jongro-gu Sejong-daero Underground 172 (Sejongno) Gwanghwamun Square Nolima Hall
- Admission
- Free
- Organizer
- Ministry of Oceans and Fisheries / Korea Fishing Village and Port Corporation
- Operating hours
- 11:00~20:00 (Korean original)
- Program
- - Stage Programs: 1. May 11 (Day 1): Sea Meditation / Returning to Fishing Villages OX Quiz Show / Seafood Tasting Journey / Midnight Wave Sound Reboot 2. May 12 (Day 2): Opening Ceremony / Sea Meditation Video / Returning to Fishing Villages OX Quiz Show / Celebration Performance (Musical Actor Lee Hee-joo) / Our Village Fishing Village Life / Fire Talk Show / Seafood Tasting Journey / Midnight Wave Sound Reboot 3. May 13 (Day 3): Seafood Tasting Journey / Sea Meditation Video / Our Village Fishing Village Life / Returning to Fishing Villages OX Quiz Show - Experience Programs: Mini Towel Making / Sea Waste Upcycling Experience / Aroma Plaster Air Freshener Experience / Paracord Bracelet Making / Shell Craft Making / Fishing Village Fishing Spot, etc. - Participation Events: 'Returning to Fishing' Guerrilla Event / Pre-Online Reward Event, etc. - Booth Programs: 1. Population Influx to Returning to Fishing Villages (Introduction of Returning to Fishing Villages Policy, Promotion of Youth Returning to Fishing Stay, etc.) 2. Fishing Village Tourism (Introduction of Fishing Village Workation Projects and Operating Village Tourism Content, Exhibition of Local Specialties, Promotion of Korea Tourism Organization - Korea Trail and Local Leisure Tourism, etc.) 3. Specialized Products (Promotion and Sale of Self-Help Group Seafood Specialties, Local Specialty Promotion, Introduction of Excellent Returnees and Community Villages, and Promotion of Processed Products)
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Festival location
Gwanghwamun Square Nolima Hall
Seoul Jongro-gu Sejong-daero Underground 172 (Sejongno) Gwanghwamun Square Nolima Hall
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About the festival
The Returning to Fishing Villages Cultural Festival is an interactive cultural event held in the heart of the city, where participants can directly experience the life and culture of fishing villages and naturally encounter the new lifestyle of returning to fishing villages. Various fishing villages and related organizations from across the country participate, allowing visitors to meet diverse resources and stories of fishing villages in one place. Attendees can experience the daily life and values of fishing villages through a variety of sensory experiences, including unique content and local specialties, making it possible to see, enjoy, and taste without leaving the city. Especially in the evening, a healing program is prepared, allowing visitors to enjoy relaxation and leisure in the city with videos and sounds capturing the emotions of waves and the sea, providing a moment of new transition in their tired daily lives and offering an opportunity for visitors to imagine their own 'fishing village life'.
Source: Korea Tourism Organization · TourAPI · TourAPI 3495688
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