The '1st Gimcheon Gimbap Festival', which was a hot topic even before its opening, attracted far more people than the organizers had expected, and many people said they were unable to eat the gimbap.
Gimcheon-si, Gyeongsangbuk-do held the first gimbap festival for two days from the 26th to the 27th at Samyeongdae Park and Eco-friendly Ecological Park.
With seven companies participating in the festival, the gimbap they prepared sold out faster than expected.
Gimcheon-si posted a notice on its official social media (SNS) at around 2:00 PM on the 26th, saying, "We expect all the gimbap ingredients in the Gimbap Zone to run out by 3:00 PM."
Complaints from people who visited Gimcheon to taste gimbap at the festival poured in on social media and other channels.
Netizens who made a wasted trip expressed their anger by writing, “The place is too small and crowded. Some people couldn’t even look at the kimbap and ended up eating triangle kimbap (at a convenience store)”, and “I couldn’t buy kimbap at the kimbap festival and only bought tteokbokki.”
One netizen said, “I waited for over an hour in the blazing sun for the shuttle bus, and now I feel discouraged when I see the notice that the ingredients are sold out,” criticizing the organizers’ lack of preparation.
Complaints like this have been pouring in since the first day of the festival, but the number of festival-goers continued on the second day.
Gimcheon City posted a notice around 2 PM that day, saying, “All kimbap zone sales will end from now on.”
Gimcheon City asked for understanding, saying, “We have prepared a sufficient amount, but since kimbap takes a long time to make, we expect that even if we only provide it to those currently in line, the event will end soon.”
While many people turned away without being able to eat kimbap, there were also supportive opinions for the organizers.
They posted on SNS comments such as, “The fact that more people came than expected means that the promotion was good, so don’t be discouraged and keep up the good work, Gimcheon City,” “There’s also a nursing room, so it was good for mothers,” and “The mascot ‘Kkodali’ was so cute and well-chosen. It’s also great that they even provided characters for the kimbap ingredients.” They hoped that the second festival next year would be a success.
Earlier, Gimcheon City decided to hold a kimbap festival as a way to increase tourists.
When they asked the MZ generation, “What image comes to mind when you think of Gimcheon?” they received a laughable answer, “Kimbap Heaven,” and decided to use this as a counter-intuitive way to hold a kimbap festival.
The '1st Gimcheon Gimbap Festival', which was a hot topic even before its opening, attracted far more people than the organizers had expected, and many people said they were unable to eat the gimbap.
Gimcheon-si, Gyeongsangbuk-do held the first gimbap festival for two days from the 26th to the 27th at Samyeongdae Park and Eco-friendly Ecological Park.
With seven companies participating in the festival, the gimbap they prepared sold out faster than expected.
Gimcheon-si posted a notice on its official social media (SNS) at around 2:00 PM on the 26th, saying, "We expect all the gimbap ingredients in the Gimbap Zone to run out by 3:00 PM."
Complaints from people who visited Gimcheon to taste gimbap at the festival poured in on social media and other channels.
Netizens who made a wasted trip expressed their anger by writing, “The place is too small and crowded. Some people couldn’t even look at the kimbap and ended up eating triangle kimbap (at a convenience store)”, and “I couldn’t buy kimbap at the kimbap festival and only bought tteokbokki.”
The '1st Gimcheon Gimbap Festival', which was a hot topic even before its opening, attracted far more people than the organizers had expected, and many people said they were unable to eat the gimbap.
Gimcheon-si, Gyeongsangbuk-do held the first gimbap festival for two days from the 26th to the 27th at Samyeongdae Park and Eco-friendly Ecological Park.
With seven companies participating in the festival, the gimbap they prepared sold out faster than expected.
Gimcheon-si posted a notice on its official social media (SNS) at around 2:00 PM on the 26th, saying, "We expect all the gimbap ingredients in the Gimbap Zone to run out by 3:00 PM."
Complaints from people who visited Gimcheon to taste gimbap at the festival poured in on social media and other channels.
Netizens who made a wasted trip expressed their anger by writing, “The place is too small and crowded. Some people couldn’t even look at the kimbap and ended up eating triangle kimbap (at a convenience store)”, and “I couldn’t buy kimbap at the kimbap festival and only bought tteokbokki.”
One netizen said, “I waited for over an hour in the blazing sun for the shuttle bus, and now I feel discouraged when I see the notice that the ingredients are sold out,” criticizing the organizers’ lack of preparation.
Complaints like this have been pouring in since the first day of the festival, but the number of festival-goers continued on the second day.
Gimcheon City posted a notice around 2 PM that day, saying, “All kimbap zone sales will end from now on.”
Gimcheon City asked for understanding, saying, “We have prepared a sufficient amount, but since kimbap takes a long time to make, we expect that even if we only provide it to those currently in line, the event will end soon.”
While many people turned away without being able to eat kimbap, there were also supportive opinions for the organizers.
They posted on SNS comments such as, “The fact that more people came than expected means that the promotion was good, so don’t be discouraged and keep up the good work, Gimcheon City,” “There’s also a nursing room, so it was good for mothers,” and “The mascot ‘Kkodali’ was so cute and well-chosen. It’s also great that they even provided characters for the kimbap ingredients.” They hoped that the second festival next year would be a success.
Earlier, Gimcheon City decided to hold a kimbap festival as a way to increase tourists.
When they asked the MZ generation, “What image comes to mind when you think of Gimcheon?” they received a laughable answer, “Kimbap Heaven,” and decided to use this as a counter-intuitive way to hold a kimbap festival
One netizen said, “I waited for over an hour in the blazing sun for the shuttle bus, and now I feel discouraged when I see the notice that the ingredients are sold out,” criticizing the organizers’ lack of preparation.
Complaints like this have been pouring in since the first day of the festival, but the number of festival-goers continued on the second day.
Gimcheon City posted a notice around 2 PM that day, saying, “All kimbap zone sales will end from now on.”
Gimcheon City asked for understanding, saying, “We have prepared a sufficient amount, but since kimbap takes a long time to make, we expect that even if we only provide it to those currently in line, the event will end soon.”
While many people turned away without being able to eat kimbap, there were also supportive opinions for the organizers.
They posted on SNS comments such as, “The fact that more people came than expected means that the promotion was good, so don’t be discouraged and keep up the good work, Gimcheon City,” “There’s also a nursing room, so it was good for mothers,” and “The mascot ‘Kkodali’ was so cute and well-chosen. It’s also great that they even provided characters for the kimbap ingredients.” They hoped that the second festival next year would be a success.
Earlier, Gimcheon City decided to hold a kimbap festival as a way to increase tourists.
When they asked the MZ generation, “What image comes to mind when you think of Gimcheon?” they received a laughable answer, “Kimbap Heaven,” and decided to use this as a counter-intuitive way to hold a kimbap festival.