Goyang International Flower Festival

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Flower Garden

Flowers in Goyang International Flower Festival

Goyang International Flower Festival has become the largest flower festival in Korea, attracting one million visitors annually. This flower festival is valued as a new model for local cultural festivals, in which even foreign flower farmers directly participate.

During the Festival, various flower-based events and cultural performances are held, and visitors may enjoy and buy flowers from all over the world. This promotes the domestic flower industry and the trading of flowers, as well as provides a great momentum for the growth of the domestic flower industry.

History

Goyang Flower Show has been started in 1991 and it has been held every year until 1996. Since 1997, Goyang International Flower Festival had been held every 3 years until 2012. But starting from 2013, Goyang International Flower Festival has been held every year. It has attracted 5.2 million people until now and has been growing one of the most famous international flower festival in Korea.

• In 1991, The 1st Goyang Korea Flower Show
• In 1997, The 1st Goyang International Flower Festival
• In 2012, The 6th Goyang International Flower Festival
• In 2013, The 7th Goyang International Flower Festival
• In 2014, The 8th Goyang International Flower Festival
• In 2015, The 9th Goyang International Flower Festival(April 24 ~ May 10)

Outline

• Title : International Horticulture Goyang Korea 2015 (IHK 2015)
• Venue : Ilsan Lake Park, Goyang-Si, Gyeonggi-do
• Period : April 24 ~ May 10, 2015
• Exhibition Size : 150,000 m²
• Participation Scale : 25 National Pavilions, 120 companies from 35 countries, 200 domestic companies
• Organizer : Goyang City, Goyang International Flower Foundation

Flower Convention

Composition

Official Events of the Goyang International Flower Festival Opening ceremony is on April 23th and the Press day is on April 23th as well. Business day is during April 24th to May 10th. Closing ceremony is on the last day of the event on Man 10th.

At the Indoor section, people from overseas governments and internal and external enterprise and associations will held their event booth. and the outdoor section, there are many gardens that represents different types such as Mosaic Culture Garden, Korea Garedn Show, Flower Tunnel, Heal-ing Garden, Children's Garde, Flower Wall etc.

Also, there are Floral-Culture Events for people and participants. Contests like Garden landscaping, New varieties, Outdoor garden exhibits, Indoor booth display, Mosaic Culture etc.

Program

Goyang International Flower Festival has proceeded many programs every year with both domestic and foreign cooperation. In 2015, Goyang International Flower Festival has two parts of program, Indoor exhibition and outdoor garden.

• Exchange of world flowers ।

-Exhibiting new variety of flowers of 110 excellent flower's firms from 23 countries.

-Business matching by inviting foreign buyers and local flowers.

-Garden of explorer : Variety of foreign flower exhibition from Netherlands, Germany, Japan, South Africa, Chile, etc.

-Life Style Zone : rare plants exhibition, office exhibition, practical use exhibition like interior,wedding flowers.

-laboratory of horticulturist : Flagship store directing institutions and companies together.

• Exchange of world flowers ॥

Flower Works

-Display new variety flower products and real life works by local 210 companies.

-Exhibition Ideas concerning flowers, Promoting variety products with design feature

Effect

With various business programs, Goyang International Flower Festival achieved 33 million won of export contract. As a result, Goyang International Flower Festival signed an export contract more than 30 million won for 4 straight years. Flower markets in Goyang negotiated export contract more than 14 million won, 42% of total contract amount.

More than 550 thousands of visitors visited Goyang International Flower Festival 2015. Total visitors has increased about 20% of total visitors.

According to the analysis of Sinhan University Industry-Academic Cooperation Foundation, Goyang International Flower Festival 2015 achieved economical effects about 71.1 billion won.

Landmarks

IIsan Lake Park

Ilsan Lake Park is the largest artificial lake in the East. Citizens of Goyang city can enjoy following the trail, riding a bicycle or enjoying performances and shows which are played at weekends.

Lafesta

Lafesta is the biggest street theme shopping center. It is the only UEC(Urban Entertainment Center) shopping mall in Korea. Lafesta called 'Ilsan Myeongdong' and it is exclusive shopping center. It has movie theater, fashion outlets, food court, special food court, theme cafe, game center, record shop, book shop, beauty clinic, and etc.

Korea International Exhibition Center(KINTEX)

KINTEX(Korea International Exhibition Center) is the largest international exhibition and convention venue in Korea. It located in Ilsan, Goyang, Gyeonggi Province, Korea. To internationalize Korea's exhibition industry, Korea Trade-Investment Promotion Agency(KOTRA), Gyeonggi Provincial government, and Goyang city had joint investment together to build KINTEX to resolve shortage of event space in Korea.

Onemount

Onemount is Complex-Cultural Facilities which have nine floors above ground and 2 underground. It has one of the biggest shopping centers in Goyang city. It consists of Water park, Snow park, Shopping mall and Sport club. Water park and Snow park open 365 days so you can enjoy summer & winter leisure. There are 125 shopping mall. It is not that far from Ilsan Lake Park and KINTEX.

See also

• Modern Korean festivals