'i love winter'... visitors at ski resorts and camellia flower sights

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SEOUL, Dec. 12 (Yonhap) -- On December 11, the second Sunday of December, relatively warm weather led to citizens visiting ski resorts and festival venues in season.
 
About 4,500 skiers and snowboarders visited Jeongseon High1 Ski Resort in Gangwon Province by 1 p.m. on December 11.
 
About 3,000 people gathered at Yongpyong Resort and Phoenix Pyeongchang Ski Resort to enjoy winter sports.
 
More than 1,000 people entered the Elysian Gangchon Ski Resort in Chuncheon and ran down the slope to create winter memories.
 
Approximately 2,000 people dressed in colorful ski suits ran down the country's longest silk road slope of 6.1 kilometers at Muju Deogyusan Resort Ski Resort in Jeollabuk-do.
 
Many skiers and snowboarders also spent their holiday at Jisan Forest Resort Ski Resort and Gonjiam Resort Ski Resort in Icheon, Gyeonggi-do, showing off their own skills.
 
Many citizens and tourists also came to Yongin Everland's snow sled site, "Snowbuster," to enjoy a racing course that competes for speed or relieve stress by riding a four-seater sled at a height of 200 meters.
 
Children made snowmen and took photos in front of the igloo.
 
Winter festivals all over Korea, including the Island Winter Flower Festival in Sinan-gun, Jeollanam-do, were also crowded with tourists.
 
At the Island Winter Flower Festival held at the 1004 Island Bunjae garden in Aphae-eup, Sinan-gun, people came to enjoy the red flowers blooming from 20,000 baby camellia trees.
 
Tourists enjoyed the winter romance while walking on the "Snowy Camellia Flower Road," made of artificial snowplows, and took pictures in the photo zone with the theme of baby camellia flowers and made memories.
 
Many tourists also entered the sports park in Yangchon-myeon, Nonsan-si, Chungcheongnam-do, where the Yangchon Dried Persimmon Festival was held, and enjoyed peeling persimmons, tasting persimmon vinegar, dried persimmon tea, Yangchon makgeolli, and making rice cakes.
 
Citizens and tourists also flocked to the Mukho Lighthouse Nongoldam-gil Festival and the Gangneung Wine Festival held at the waterfront park of Mukho Port in Donghae-si, Gangwon-do.
 
The DMZ Peace Tourism Program held at Imjingak in Paju, Gyeonggi Province, was followed by participants who wanted to tour Dorasan Observatory and the third tunnel made for infiltration by North Korean troops.
 
As of 1 p.m. on December 11, about 3,000 people had entered Songnisan National Park, and hikers and citizens visited famous mountains and amusement parks across Korea to enjoy the weekend.
 
Jeju Island was crowded with tourists at every attraction to enjoy the camellia flowers that bloomed in the cold in the middle of winter.

(This article is translated from Korean to English by Dowon Kim.)
 
 
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