Pohang becomes popular as filming location for variety shows and dramas

연합뉴스 / 2023-02-08 17:18:50

▲ This photo, captured from YouTuber Ssoyoung's video, shows YouTuber Ssoyoung in Pohang. (PHOTO NOT FOR SALE) (Yonhap)

▲ This photo, provided by Pohang City, shows cast members of 'Let's Live Together with Park Won Sook.' (PHOTO NOT FOR SALE) (Yonhap)

SEOUL, Feb. 8 (Yonhap) - Pohang, North Gyeongsang Province, has recently become popular as it frequently appears in broadcasting programs and famous YouTube contents.

According to Pohang City on Wednesday, MBC Every1's entertainment program “Welcome. Is it your first time in Korea?” aired Pohang tourist attractions such as Jukdo Market, Naeyeonsan Mountain Bogyungsa Temple, and Homigot last month.

In the program, which shows how foreigners who visit Korea for the first time enjoy their travel destinations, Italian star chefs showed them enjoying Pohang seafood such as snow crab, abalone, and sea cucumber or experiencing Pohang culture such as haenyeo.

Prior to this, KBS1 urban travel documentary 'Lee Man-Gi’s Neighborhood' hAS also visited Pohang early this year.

The host, Lee Man-Gi, met his mother-in-law living in Pohang, visited the nation's largest experiential sculpture Spacewalk, the Keun Donghae Market, and met the family of Guryongpo Haenyeo.

KBS entertainment program "Let's Live Together with Park Won Sook" has also been filming in Pohang recently, promoting coastal scenery such as Damupo Whale Village and cold raw fish soup, snow crab.

KBS2 entertainment program "1 Night 2 Days" introduced famous places such as Spacewalk and Gonryunsan Mountain in Pohang in November last year.

In addition, YouTuber Ssoyoung, who has more than 9 million subscribers, has visited Pohang in November last year, toured tourist attractions such as Yeongildae Beach and Gwamegi Culture Museum, and posted a video of eating snow crabs and octopus deliciously.

In addition, the YouTube video "Feel the Rhythm of Korea Pohang," created by the Korea Tourism Organization in October last year by adding fast and intense hip-hop music and sophisticated videos, has surpassed 95 million cumulative views, promoting Pohang's charm internationally.

In recent years, filming locations such as Guryongpo-eup Japanese House Street and Cheonghaejin Market have also been attracting attention as tourist attractions through the popular dramas "When the Camellia Blooms" and "Hometown Cha-cha-cha."

Park Sang-jin, head of the city's convention and tourism industry division, explained, "Various variety shows and dramas are very helpful in promoting Pohang's natural scenery and specialities."

(This article is translated from Korean to English by Yunhee Cho.)

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