Baek Jong-won, CEO of The Born Korea. /Chosun DB
It was calculated that more than 100,000 people visited the 2023 Global Barbecue Festival on the first day of the opening, prepared by Hongseong-gun, South Chungcheong Province, in collaboration with Baek Jong-won, CEO of The Born Korea.
According to Hongseong-gun on the 4th, 100,030 people visited the festival site the day before the first day of the festival, of which more than 70% were external tourists. In particular, during the weekend, all seats on trains and express buses to Hongseong were sold out, and all accommodations in Hongseong area were also sold out.
This festival will run until the 5th, and includes the main barbecue zone operated by Baek Jong-won’s The Born Korea, the YouTuber barbecue zone operated by YouTubers Butcher King, Muntz, and Chwiyonam, and the Weber barbecue zone operated by global grill company Weber. You can enjoy a variety of barbecue flavors at the Hongseong Barbecue Zone, where 10 teams of local merchants participate, and the Hongseong Korean Beef & Korean Pork Food Zone.
Hongseong-gun ‘2023 Global Barbecue Festival’. /News 1
Hongseong-gun said that 10 windmill-shaped ovens and 5 whole pig barbecue ovens were operated at the festival site, and 500 chickens were roasted at the same time, but all were sold out.
Hongseong Korean Beef & Korean Pork Food Zone, which sells Korean beef and Korean pork at 10-50% discount, has also sold out.
At this festival, various experience programs such as the Joseon barbecue ‘stove’ experience, game event zone, Hongseong garlic sausage making, Hongju-eupseong volunteer army experience, and forest photo zone are also operated.
Meat is being cooked in a windmill-shaped barbecue machine at the ‘Global Barbecue Festival in Hongseong’ event venue, which opened in Hongju-eupseong, Hongseong-gun, Chungcheongnam-do on the 3rd. /yunhap news
2023-11-05 23:31:23
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