Hoengseong opens 10-meter Dragon Slide at Hanwoo experience center for Oct 7–11 festival
In short
Hoengseong County in Gangwon Province has renovated its Hanwoo Experience Center ahead of the 22nd Hoengseong Hanwoo Festival on Oct 7–11 and will run a new 10-meter-tall Dragon Slide during the event. The slide is to open daily from 10:00 to 17:00 to visitors aged 10 or older or at least 120 cm tall, and is based on a local legend. The county will check visitor response and safety, then aims to operate the slide fully from next year as part of four-season tourism content.
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Hoengseong County in Gangwon Province has renovated its Hoengseong Hanwoo Experience Center ahead of the 22nd Hoengseong Hanwoo Festival and will introduce a new attraction, the Dragon Slide. The slide is a 10-meter-tall facility at the experience center. Yonhap reported the county's plan, and Newsis featured the slide in its headline, describing it as 10 meters high. [ 1 , 2 ]
The festival runs from Oct 7 to 11. During that period the Dragon Slide will operate from 10:00 to 17:00 and will be open to visitors aged 10 or older or at least 120 centimeters tall, the county said. The county will check visitor response and the facility's safety during the period. [ 1 ]
The slide is based on a legend in which a bull and a dragon defeat a monster catfish, according to the report. The county also renovated a feed-eating tractor and prepared a live sketch activity in which visitors color 14 kinds of dinosaurs, including Tyrannosaurus, and view the finished drawings on screen. [ 1 ]
Based on how the facilities and programs work during the festival, the county plans to improve them and begin full operation of the Dragon Slide from next year, with the aim of developing the experience center into tourism content usable in all four seasons. Hoengseong County Governor Jang Shin-sang said on Oct 6 that the county would reinforce experience facilities and expand four-season tourism content so that visitors can enjoy the festival and the experience center together. [ 1 ]
Why it matters
The slide and other additions are a county-level attempt to draw visitors during the Hanwoo Festival and to build experience content that can be used outside the festival season. The documents give no figures on cost, expected attendance or economic effect, so the scale of any impact is not established.
Key facts
- Hoengseong County renovated the Hoengseong Hanwoo Experience Center ahead of the 22nd Hoengseong Hanwoo Festival, set for Oct 7–11. [ 1 ]
- The county will operate the Dragon Slide, a 10-meter-tall facility, at the experience center during the festival. [ 1 , 2 ]
- The Dragon Slide is to run from 10:00 to 17:00 during the festival for visitors aged 10 or older or at least 120 cm tall. [ 1 ]
- The slide is based on a legend in which a bull and a dragon defeat a monster catfish. [ 1 ]
- Other features include a renovated feed-eating tractor and a live sketch activity covering 14 kinds of dinosaurs. [ 1 ]
- The county plans to review visitor response and safety during the festival, improve the facilities, and begin full operation of the Dragon Slide next year. [ 1 ]
- Hoengseong County Governor Jang Shin-sang said the county would reinforce experience facilities and expand four-season tourism content. [ 1 ]
Confirmed by several sources
- The Dragon Slide at the Hoengseong Hanwoo Experience Center is 10 meters tall. [ 1 , 2 ]
- The slide is a facility at the Hoengseong Hanwoo Experience Center in Hoengseong County. [ 1 , 2 ]
- According to the county, the Dragon Slide will be operated during the Oct 7–11 Hoengseong Hanwoo Festival. [ 1 ]
Still unclear
- What Newsis reported beyond its headline about the Dragon Slide. The article text retrieved from the Newsis page dealt with an unrelated subject and did not describe the Hoengseong event, so only the headline could be used.
- The cost of the renovation, expected visitor numbers and any economic effect of the new facilities. None of the documents state these figures.
- Whether the Dragon Slide will operate after the festival and from exactly when. The county said it would decide after reviewing festival operations and aims for full operation from next year, without giving a date.
What local media are saying
Timeline, local time
- Yonhap reports Hoengseong County's renovation of the Hanwoo Experience Center and its plan to run the Dragon Slide during the Oct 7–11 festival, including comments by Governor Jang Shin-sang. [ 1 ]
- Newsis publishes a report headlined on the 10-meter height of the Dragon Slide. [ 2 ]
- The Dragon Slide is to open each day during the festival, Oct 7–11. [ 1 ]
- The Dragon Slide is to close each day during the festival. [ 1 ]