Flower Waves Color the Foothills of Seoraksan in Inje... Crowds Flock to the Inje Autumn Flower Festival in Its Final Days
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- 2026-10-04 11:09:38
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- 2026-10-04 11:09:38
【Financial News, Inje—Kim Ki-seop, reporter】Yongdae Tourist Area in Inje, at the foot of Inner Seoraksan, is drawing autumn visitors as it is transformed by chrysanthemums, gujeolcho and cockscombs.
The Inje Cultural Foundation said on the 4th that the 2026 Inje Autumn Flower Festival, which opened on the 24th of last month under the theme “Let’s Walk Only Flower Paths in Inje,” will continue through the 11th across Yongdae Tourist Area in Buk-myeon. A total of 16,696 people visited on opening day alone, about 700 more than last year, while young visitors were notably more numerous during the Chuseok holiday period.
The festival site is divided into four themed areas: Happiness Path, Love Path, Communication Path and Healing Path. Happiness Path features a Romantic Garden commemorating the 100th anniversary of the birth of Park In-hwan, a poet from Inje, amid more than 20,000 autumn flowers, including chrysanthemums and gujeolcho, creating a landscape where flowers and literature blend together. Love Path spans 31,000 square meters and is covered with verbena, cockscombs and sunflowers. Along the waterside walking trail of Communication Path and in the pine forest of Healing Path, visitors are greeted by a waterfall, a slow mailbox, a tree house and a forest cafe.
The festival drew more than 300,000 visitors last year and ranked second among 128 autumn festivals nationwide in Financial News's 2025 Korea Festival Evaluation. The festival site is open daily from 10 a.m. to 6 p.m., with free admission.
An Inje Cultural Foundation official said, "We have made the festival even richer in attractions than last year, from the Romantic Garden, where visitors can encounter Park In-hwan's literature among the flower paths, to the tree house in the forest. We hope families and couples will stroll along Inje's autumn flower paths through the 11th, when the festival closes, and create lasting memories."
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