▲ Sokcho City to Host '2024 Yeongnangho Cherry Blossom Festival'

Sokcho City will hold the 1st 2024 Yeongrangho Cherry Blossom Festival from 10 a.m. to 8 p.m. on the 30th to 31st in Yeongrang Lake, where the snow view of Seoraksan Mountain and the blue sea of the East Sea are panoramic.

As the need for revitalization of Sokcho's northern region and representative festivals in spring emerges, the event will focus on the "eco-friendly festival," part of the 8th popular election's carbon neutrality policy, the "wellness festival," which contains healing and healing of Yeongrangho, and the "regional win-win cooperation festival" with the local community.

As it is the first festival to be held this year, Yeongrangho Lake has established itself as a representative cherry blossom attraction, and four "spring" theme events will be held under the subtitle of "Sokcho, Did You Fall in Love" with the hope that Sokcho visitors will fall in love with Yeongrangho Lake and cherry blossoms.

Looking at the contents of each theme, first of all, the sections will be divided into "Remember," which will record today in my own way at theme places installed like treasure hunts through the Yeongrangho Lake through "Enjoying" busking, walking, running, yoga, Zumba, Nordic walking, and wellness programs such as wellness programs such as walking, learning, yoga, Zumba, and "feeling my body's senses," cherry blossom picnics, photo zones, night lighting tunnels, and rental of pet photography props.

In addition, local organizations and artists will participate for this festival. The Sokcho Cultural Tourism Foundation will conduct busking in collaboration with local artists, and the Sokcho Folk Art Association will provide an opportunity to meet the winners of the 2023 Busking Festival once again. The Sokcho City Sports Council promotes walking meditation, the Sokcho City Sustainable Council promotes Nordic walking, the book cart corner at the book club Eochaekmo and the Writers Association Galmo, and the "Slow Postbox" corner where local artists write and attach letters to their own cherry blossom postcards as well as exhibitions of works. In addition, various talent donations from local performance groups continue, and young people from local youth volunteer organizations With Sokcho and Sokcho Youth Chamber practice carbon neutrality through plogging events.

In addition, a variety of eco-friendly campaigns will be held, including upcycling goods using discarded bottle caps and rental of writing sets, making soap bubbles with eco-friendly bicycles, and rental of cherry blossom picnic products that are harmless to the earth, and SNS events that provide ESG Sokcho tourism souvenirs for participants will also be prepared.

Meanwhile, the opening ceremony will be held at 10 a.m. on the 30th at Yeongnang Lake Lawn Plaza, and as many cherry blossoms are expected during the festival, the government plans to fully control vehicles in the Yeongnang Lake area (Bumbawi-Large Parking Lot) for safety, maintain close cooperation with related organizations and organizations such as police and fire fighting, and deploy a large number of traffic guidance and safety management personnel to ensure safety.

Sokcho Mayor Lee Byung-sun said, "Thank you for the participation of many local organizations and organizations for this festival, and through the Yeongrangho Cherry Blossom Festival, we will introduce the beautiful spring of Yeongrangho Lake in Sokcho to tourists and further develop the festival so that Yeongrangho Lake can become the best cherry blossom healing attraction in the country."