Bomun Lake Resort, Tourist resort at Bomun Lake in Gyeongju, South Korea.
Bomun Lake Resort is a leisure complex on the shore of a lake in Gyeongju, with hotels, restaurants, shopping, a golf course, and a drive-in theater. A ferry port and several cultural venues, including a K-Pop Museum, are also spread across the grounds.
The South Korean government designated this area as a new tourism destination in 1971 and opened it to the public in 1979. Over the following decades, new hotels and cultural venues were added as the resort continued to grow.
The K-Pop Museum shows costumes, instruments, and personal items from Korean pop artists, giving a close look at the music scene. Nearby Yukbu Village recreates traditional Korean homes and crafts, offering a contrast between past and present Korean life.
The complex lies 6.5 km east of central Gyeongju, below the ruins of Myeonghwalseong fortress and facing Toham mountain. A 2015 project added the lakeside Bomunho walking trail (Hobangil) and the Mulneoul Bridge, with night lighting along the paths. The grounds span the districts of Bomun-dong, Sinpyeong-dong, Amgok-dong and Cheongun-dong.
The complex was built around Bomun Lake in the 1970s, and its first stage opened on 1 April 1979 with a total area of about 2.42 million pyeong. Among the opening facilities was Yukbu Village, a group of Silla-style tiled-roof hanok houses. The resort was designated a hot spring district in December 1991 and a special tourist zone in August 1994.
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