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KTO picks three regions as food hot spots

By Korea Herald

Published : Nov. 15, 2013 - 20:01

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The Korea Tourism Organization has started promoting new culinary destinations in Korea: Yeongdeok for snow crab, Chuncheon for stir-fried marinated chicken dakgalbi, and Damyang for bamboo sprouts.

The three food destinations have been added to the KTO’s list of famous food spots in Korea that include the popular tteokbokki street in Sindang-dong, Seoul, Chodang tofu village in Gangneung, Gangwon Province, and the mudfish soup street in Namwon, North Jeolla Province. The food streets selected by the KTO will receive assistance from the state-run travel agency in menu translation, service improvement and marketing plans, according to the KTO.

(wylee@heraldcorp.com)