Opens on April 29 and runs on Friday and Saturday every week atsunset. Now things are going back to normal. It is the best time to tryIncheon City Tour, which allows you to enjoy the city’s past, future, downtown,beach, daytime, and nighttime. The City of Incheon and Incheon Tourism Organization launchedthe Sunset and Night View Tour, allowing you to enjoy the beautiful sunset andnight view, starting on April 29. With this marking the beginning, the entirety of the sevenroutes of Incheon City Tours is now back in operation. As things are going backto normal, it is expected that these services will serve the various needs oftourists. ▲ Incheon City Tour Bus The Sunset and Night View Tour runs every Friday and Saturdayuntil October 29. This splendid double-decker bus will depart at sunset andcross Incheon Bridge to take you to Wangsan marina, where you can enjoy thebreathtaking crimson sunset sky before it returns. The Sunset and Night ViewTour is closed during winter. Incheon City Tour includes other routes than the Sunset andNight View Tour, as well. There was the Incheon Retro route, where the buscirculates over a certain course, and the passengers can get off and get backon at any stop they like, and the sea route. The Incheon Retro Route is an extension of the previous OpenPort route toward the old downtown area, expanding and diversifying the tourismareas to include Sinpo International Marketplace, Sudoguksan Museum of Housing Living, Hwapyeongdong Cold Noodle Alley, etc. The traditionally popularSea Route, which circulates between Songdo International City and Yongjong-do,continues its operation, as well. In addition, the leading tourist destinations of Incheon aregrouped under a single theme. These theme routes guide the visitors to the endof their journey with a tour guide on board. There are four available themetrips which are, respectively, Incheon Time Travel, Sorae Wharf, the History ofGanghwa, and Ganghwa Healing. The theme routes are designed so th

The city to install 30 stops and connect the line with the LineB of GTX (GTX-B) The City of Incheon commenced its ‘Songdo Tram CommercializationStrategy Development Project,’ which is a research project to be commissioned toa third party to introduce a tram system within Songdo International City whichis a part of the Incheon Free Economic Zone. The purpose of this project is to develop the projectimplementation strategies for the ‘Songdo Tram’ project, which has beenincluded in the ‘Incheon Urban Railway System Establishment Plan (Revision),’which was approved by the Ministry of Land and Transportation in January thisyear, in the third-highest place in terms of priority. ▲ The ‘Songdo Tram’ is a project to build a high-quality tramline for expanding urban railway services in connection with GTX-B whileenhancing the transportation services provided to the residents of SongdoInternational City. A map of Songdo Tram routes. The ‘Songdo Tram’ is a project to build a high-quality tram linefor expanding urban railway services in connection with GTX-B while enhancingthe transportation services provided to the residents of Songdo InternationalCity. The tram system will circulate over a route connecting SongdoMoonlight Festival Park Station (Incheon Line No. 1), Incheon NationalUniversity Station, Yonsei University, BIT Zone station, and back to SongdoMoonlight Festival Park Station, over a total length of 23.06km and 30 stops,with a rail depot that is to be constructed. The total project budget is 442.9billion won; 265.7 billion won (60%) of this will be funded by the centralgovernment. In December 2018, the city got a green light from the Ministryof Land and Transportation to go on with its ‘Incheon Urban Railway SystemConstruction Plan.’ This plan included installing a tram line over the entiresectors of Phase 1 of the Songdo Internal Circulation Line and the candidateroutes of the entirety of the said internal circulation line. Then, in consid

Selected for the ‘Future Space Education Center’project in the aerospace sector Incheon City, which leads the aviation maintenance business (MRO), willalso play a leading role in the space industry. Incheon City and Inha University were selected for the ‘Future SpaceEducation Center’ project in the aerospace field, which was openly recruited bythe Ministry of Science and ICT. The “Future Space Education Center” trains young space experts who cansolve future space problems and lead new technologies. An education center isinstalled at the Aerospace Industry-Academic Convergence Center located inSongdo, and it is operated together with the Department of AerospaceEngineering at Inha University. Through the selection of this open recruitment,5 billion won in government funds will be secured for five years until 2026. To attract this project, Incheon City has formed a total of 22 consortiumsincluding universities, research institutes, and companies. In the future, the education center plans to train 45 professionals a yearwith master's and doctoral degrees with expertise to conduct future spacetechnology research. In addition, it plans to develop autonomous precision celestial navigationtechnology required for lunar exploration through industry, academia, researchand government cooperation, lunar exploration rover and electrolytic thrusterto mine water resources buried on the moon, and core space technologies thatcan be directly used in the domestic lunar probe development project scheduledfor 2030. ▲ Scenarios for resource utilization of lunar poles and Mars exploration The Aerospace Industry-University Convergence Center is a specializedinstitution composed of 50 specialized research personnel to create anindustry-university convergence district through aerospace convergence and composition,to foster new future industries, and to nurture RD and aviationprofessionals. The city expects that this education center will greatly contribute to theadvancement and

Performance of attracting investment from globalcompanies in the future car industry The achievements of attracting investment from global companies in thefuture car industry, which Incheon City is focusing on as a key strategicindustry for the future, are gradually becoming visible. The city announced that MCNEX, a leading autonomous-driving company thatjoined the 1 trillion club in sales and the city succeeded in attractinginvestment last year, had completed the relocation of its headquarters andresearch center to Songdo and started work on the 4th. ▲ The city announced that MCNEX, a leading autonomous-driving company thatjoined the 1 trillion club in sales and the city succeeded in attractinginvestment last year, had completed the relocation of its headquarters andresearch center to Songdo and started work on the 4th. The picture is a view ofMCNEX's Songdo office building (headquarters). MCNEX is a leading company in autonomous driving technology that developsand produces image sensing autonomous driving systems including electroniccomponents such as mobile camera modules, biometric sensors, and vehicle cameras,and it is a listed company on the KOSPI that achieved annual sales of KRW 1trillion as of last year. In particular, in the field of vehicle cameras used in autonomous drivingtechnology, it has the largest market share in Korea and the fifth in theworld, and is also prominent in the field of biometric technology sensors. In October of last year, the city signed an investment attraction businessagreement with MCNEX to relocate the headquarters and research center in GasanDigital Complex, Geumcheon-gu, Seoul to Songdo, and to foster and develop thefuture car parts industry through autonomous driving technology RDcooperation, etc. ▲ Autonomous-driving car developed by MCNEX (image provided by MCNEX) After that, MCNEX purchased a new building with a total floor area of​​27,870 m² (1 basement level – 13 above ground) in Songdo Free Economic Zone(Sect

Recruitment ofcandidates in 3 fields of the Youth Startup Branch For the first time this year, the IncheonFree Economic Zone Authority and Incheon Technopark are attracting attention bystarting youth support projects leading to the so-called 'Cradle to TIPS (TechIncubator Program for Startup)' in order to create jobs for young peoplethrough nurturing startups. ▲ For the first time this year, theIncheon Free Economic Zone Authority and Incheon Technopark are attractingattention by starting youth support projects leading to the so-called 'Cradleto TIPS (Tech Incubator Program for Startup)' in order to create jobs for youngpeople through nurturing startups. The three programs, including the 'YouthStartup Branch', consist of providing startup business education for youngpeople, consulting on startup technology verification for young entrepreneurs, andsupporting them to be selected for TIPS, the technology startup investmentprogram of the Ministry of SMEs and Startups. Each program is characterized by providingstep-by-step support to inspire young people to challenge startups, discoversand nurtures excellent startups, and finally achieve results through TIPSselection. In this process, there are many benefits, such as support forupgrading products or services of excellent startups. ▲ Internal facilities of Incheon Startup Park located inSongdo The Incheon Economic Administrationrecruits young start-ups and young people in three areas, including △ Youth Startup Branch, △ Youth EntrepreneurshipProgram, △Youth TIPS Incubation. First, the Youth Startup Branch Programprovides startups with opportunities to secure excellent manpower throughnetworking by operating education for startup business and 4th industrialtechnology-based practice for young people in the district. Five resident companies and supportingcompanies of Incheon Startup Park will be selected as mentors, and they willconduct technical seminars and education by matching with university (graduate)student

Leading the hydrogen public transportation era with hydrogen anchor companies such as Hyundai Motor Company, SK ES, and Plug powerOn March 30th, Incheon started fostering the hydrogen industry in earnest by attracting investment from Plug Power, a world-class company in the hydrogen industry, and through the conversion of hydrogen public transportation.On the same day, Incheon Metropolitan City signed a 'business agreement for attracting investment from global first-class hydrogen companies' and 'a business agreement for creating a leading city for hydrogen public transportation' with the Ministry of Trade, Industry and Energy, the Ministry of Environment, Korea Land and Housing Corporation, SK ES, Hyundai Motor Company, Plug Power, etc., and they agreed together to foster the hydrogen industry promoted by Incheon.▲ On March 30th, Incheon started fostering the hydrogen industry in earnest by attracting investment from Plug Power, a world-class company in the hydrogen industry, and through the conversion of hydrogen public transportation.Business agreement to attract investment from global first-class hydrogen companiesIn the meantime, the city has been working with the Ministry of Trade, Industry and Energy to prepare an investment base such as suitable land and electricity supply to attract investment from Plug Power, a global first-class hydrogen company.In particular, Park Namchoon, Mayor of Incheon, met with Plug Power CEO Andrew Marsh in October of last year to attract investment and introduced the plan to build a hydrogen cluster in the Cheongna region, drawing a lot of sympathy.Plug Power is a global hydrogen company that occupies 95% of the hydrogen forklift market in the US and has core technology for water electrolysis to produce green hydrogen. It established a joint venture in Asia with SK ES in January and built a fuel cell and water electrolysis facility* production system (Giga-factory) in Cheongna, Incheon, and plans to enter the Asian market as we

Opening in the second half of this year, a healing gift with the scent of phytoncide for citizensNational and public natural recreation forests under construction by Incheon are expected to be available from the second half of this year at the earliest.This is good news as the public demand for forest recreation facilities is increasing due to the prolonged COVID-19.▲ The natural recreation forest and Hwagae Garden under construction on Muuido Island Island and Gyodong-myeon, Ganghwa by Incheon will be completed in June and will be operated from the second half of this year. Aerial view of Hwagae Garden.Incheon plans to complete the construction of the natural recreation forest and Hwagae Garden in Muuido Island and Ganghwa Gyodong-myeon in June and start operation in the second half of this year. The construction of the Deokjeokdo Island natural recreational forest project, which is being promoted together, is expected to be completed in December next year.The Hwagae Local Garden and Deokjeokdo Island and Muuido Island Natural Recreation Forest are the representative forest recreation promotion projects of Incheon, and when the construction is completed, it is expected that it will provide a wide range of opportunities for citizens to engage in recreational activities.▲ The Muuido Island National Recreation Forest creation project started in 2016 with the Incheon Metropolitan City’s visit to the Korea Forest Service and continued recommendations for promoting the National Recreational Forest, and KRW 8.6 billion was invested in the project. Aerial view of Muuido Island Natural Recreation Forest.The Muuido Island National Recreation Forest creation project started in 2016 with the Incheon Metropolitan City’s visit to the Korea Forest Service and continued recommendations for promoting the National Recreational Forest, and KRW 8.6 billion was invested in the project. On an area of 139 ha, there will be a visitor information center and a parking lot, as well a

Establishment of Incheon-type MRO industry portfolio, effect of employment of 3,000 people by 2025Incheon seeks an Incheon-type job model in the aviation maintenance (MRO) industry.Incheon announced on the 23rd that it was selected for the ‘2022 labor-management win-win local job consulting support project’ by the Ministry of Employment and Labor.​▲ When Incheon's aviation industry is activated, Incheon will have both wings of future food along with the 'Incheon bio industry' that is being promoted. This will provide a new engine for economic growth and job creation for young people in Incheon. The picture shows an aircraft remodeling process. Sharp Technics.This public offering project is a project to create local-specific jobs by developing a job model that can coexist with the local community and supporting the establishment of implementation plans. Of the 17 metropolitan cities and provinces, only 3 local governments including Incheon were selected for this project.Incheon planned this project to develop a local job model that can create synergy in connection with the various aviation maintenance (MRO) industries promoted by the city.The city plans to discover an Incheon-type job model by supporting customized direct jobs to companies such as the IAI aircraft remodeling project, the US Atlas heavy maintenance center, and the Korean Air engine maintenance cluster project, which it attracted last year, and providing stable jobs to job seekers. And it is expected to enhance the competitiveness of companies and create jobs for young people.Based on the tripartite agreement signed by the Incheon Regional Headquarters of the Korea Federation of Trade Unions and the Incheon Enterprises Federation and Incheon Metropolitan City in February, the city aviation department will oversee the project and Jung-gu, Incheon, where many aviation maintenance companies are located, will participate as a cooperative local government. In addition, the Institute for Aerospace In

Finding ways to use it publicly and building an open archive platformIncheon begins the Camp Market recording project in earnest.On the 23rd, Incheon signed a service for ‘establishing a basic plan for building a Camp Market archive’. It is to establish an open archive platform through systematic management and public utilization of Camp Market records.▲ ‘Bupyeong Camp Market’ returns to Incheon’s new futureAlong with the discussion on the creation of a cultural park following the return of the Camp Market, the need for a systematic record of changes in camp market space and function and historical and cultural assets centered on the Camp Market has been constantly raised.Accordingly, Incheon has conducted a case study and established basic data for the camp market recording project, policy research to suggest a direction for establishing a camp market archive, securing related service project expenses, and releasing architectural drawings for the camp market return area.This service for ‘establishing a basic plan for building a Camp Market archive’ was carried out to present a specific implementation plan through the establishment of an archive master plan.The main tasks of the service are, for the Camp Market and surrounding areas from the Japanese colonial period to the time of the return of US bases, ▲Research on the history of this area, from the Japanese military base to ASCOM City after the Korean War, and to Camp Market ▲Identification and arrangement of the current status of public and private records related to the Camp Market and surrounding areas ▲ Establishment of a basic plan (roadmap) by time and stage for the building of Camp Market archive, etc., and it will begin on March 23 and run for 7 months.Incheon plans to establish public-private partnership governance in which experts in related fields and the local community participate together for efficient and successful research service, and to prepare a systematic reporting syste

Moved to Incheonas an excellent company by forming the Innovation Mother Fund No. 3 Association Incheon Metropolitan City is expected tobe reborn as a city for youth venture by forming the Innovation Mother Fund No.3 Association. The city of Incheon announced on the17th that it had signed a business agreement for the ‘Incheon Innovation MotherFund No. 3 Association’ in the hospitality room of the city hall and awarded commendation plaques to the accelerator (AC)companies headquartered in Incheon. ▲ Incheon Metropolitan City is expected tobe reborn as a city for youth venture by forming the Innovation Mother Fund No.3 Association.The photo shows the 'business agreement for IncheonInnovation Mother Fund No. 3 Association and awarding ceremony of commendationplaques to the accelerators' on the 17th at the City Hall Hospitality Room. The total size of the 'IncheonInnovation Mother Fund No. 3 Association' is 8 billion won, and sixorganizations, including Incheon Metropolitan City and (Corporation) Small and MediumBusiness Convergence Incheon Bucheon Gimpo Federation, Geomdan GeneralIndustrial Complex Management Corporation, Inha University I-Startup Lab,Incheon National University Industry-University Cooperation Foundation StartupSupport Group, Incheon Center for Creative Economy and Innovation, willparticipate in the agreement. The parties to the agreement agreed toactively cooperate to revitalize the local economy, not only by investing fundsin the future, but also by helping companies grow through the discovery ofexcellent companies. (Corporation) Small and Medium BusinessConvergence Incheon Bucheon Gimpo Federation and Geomdan General IndustrialComplex Management Corporation, which are leading the future industry throughconvergence and collaboration, will cooperate in revitalizing the investmentecosystem by discovering and supporting excellent promising venture start-ups. This fund is an association in the formof mother fund (a fund of funds) that invests in i