#. “The waves are nice today. Shall we go to Yangyang to work?” Office worker A, who wanted to go somewhere due to hot weather and work stress, paid a monthly rent and boarded an express bus bound for Yangyang. Reserve a work center and surf shop on the bus. Looking at Yangyang Beach through CCTV, the waves today are fantastic. After enjoying the blue sea and waves of Yangyang, it is the promised time. The work center conducts scheduled meetings with employees via video and sends urgent e-mails. Now it's time to go enjoy beach yoga with the sunset in the background. I feel like my tired body and mind are comforted. Mr. A solved all of this with one 'gogoyangyang' app.
Yangyang-gun is the first county in the country to complete the construction of a smart tourism city and start full-scale service in August for the holiday season. Since its release on June 8st, 'Gogo Yangyang', a key platform for smart tourism cities, has been cruising, exceeding 6 downloads during the pilot operation period.
'Go Go Yangyang' is an integrated Yangyang-gun tourism app for domestic and foreign tourists visiting Yangyang-gun. Information related to Yangyang tourism, including about 900 tourist attractions, parking, and convenience facilities across Yangyang, has been gathered. Directions from your current location to your destination and taxi call service are available, as well as advance reservations and on-site purchases for surf shops, experiences, lodging, restaurants, and cafes. English and Chinese (simplified) services are also supported, so foreign tourists can use it conveniently.
The county will hold 'Digital Nomad Day Yangyang' at Work Center on July 7 to commemorate the launch of a smart tourism city. Work Center (Waveworks Yangyang) Plans to promote an official event inviting domestic and foreign guests with the meaning of an open house and an outdoor event where you can feel the sensibility of digital nomads around Jukdo Beach.
The smart tourism city development project is a project promoted by the Ministry of Culture, Sports and Tourism and the Korea Tourism Organization to provide differentiated tourism experiences to tourists through digital transformation of tourism and to develop local tourism by utilizing tourism data. In addition, Gangwon Special Self-Governing Province contributed to the smooth promotion of the project, such as provincial support (10.5 billion won) and administrative consultation to foster smart tourism cities in the province.
Yangyang-gun Tourism and Culture Manager Kim Jae-mi said, “We expect that Yangyang tourism, which has been represented as a sacred place for surfing, will face a new turning point through the launch of a smart tourism city.” Centering on the Workation Center, we are also striving to attract tourists with new themes, such as attracting corporate members and young generations who value work labels. We will continue to develop it into a better service,” he said.
▲ Smart surfing with real-time wave check and issuance of lesson certificates for each session
Now Yangyang surfing only needs one gogoyangyang. With FHD webcams installed at 13 beaches, you can check wave conditions and beach congestion in real time, and provide detailed information such as wind, waves, tide information and suit recommendations. With LAN line lessons for beginners and certificate issuance for each session for instructors, it is possible to manage lesson history, providing useful information not only to surfers but also to instructors. For surfers to surf safely, a maritime special notification service is also provided.
▲ Don't call me anymore. Call 'gogoyangyang' comfortably.
Tourists no longer need to make phone calls when taking a taxi. The system has been integrated so that a taxi can be dispatched simply by calling from 'Gogoyangyang'. Taxis that can be used within a 1km radius of the calling passenger are dispatched in the shortest time, and information such as arrival time and travel route is also provided to improve convenience for taxi drivers as well as tourists.
▲ Tracking the Yangyang Wind Road with AR games and mobile stamps
Smart tourism content is also presented. 'AR Game' and 'Mobile Stamp Tour'. You can enjoy AR games through the app that contain the stories of each of the eight representative tourist destinations, including Naksansa Temple and Namdaecheon Stream. Hikers can also participate in the 'Yangyang Wind Road' mobile stamp tour. It is a method of acquiring stamps through QRs installed on 8 courses of the 'Yangyang Wind Road', including some sections of the Haeparang Road. It is expected that it will be able to activate not only Yangyang's representative tourist destinations but also hidden tourist spots in every corner as it plans to provide gifts such as local specialties according to the results of tourists' participation.
▲ My own ocean view office, work center 'Waveworks Yangyang'
(WaveWorks yangyang)' opened
At Jukdo Beach, where sandy beaches and dense pine forests harmonize, 'Waveworks Yangyang', a work center for digital nomads, will start pilot operation from August. In a space where the surfing beach of Jukdo is spread out in front of your eyes, it is equipped with a 8-seat work space and conference room, an environment where remote work is possible so that you can enjoy work and vacation at the same time. provide products and services.
▲ Started Yangyang’s first tourism data platform (data.yangyang.go.kr)
The Yangyang Tourism Data Platform also started its service. It is possible to analyze Yangyang tourism by converging various data such as 'Gogo Yangyang' user data and mobile communication and credit card data for the past two years. ▲Tourist behavior analysis ▲Tourist data statistics ▲AI tourist destination recommendation service ▲GIS-based visualization service do.
▲ Expectation of a successful cooperation model between local tourism operators and tourism innovation companies
This Yangyang-gun smart tourism city project is built together with KT, a local tourism venture, Surfy Beach, and WSBFarm, with a tourism platform service company, ISPM Co., Ltd. and taxi unions participated.
Department in charge: Tourism Culture Division, Tourism Planning Team (670-2251)