A beach representing Busan along with Haeundae Beach. It is located in Gwangan 2-dong, Suyeong-gu, Busan. The end of the beach is located in Namcheon-dong and Minnak-dong On the opposite side of the beach is Busan’s landmark Gwangan Bridge.
The name of the beach is a trace of the old administrative district of Dongnae-gun, Nam-myeon Gwangan-ri. To be exact, in 1914, the name Gwangalli was born through the reorganization of the administrative district. At that time, the area was named Gwangan, which means "an" meaning "an" or "an" or "an" meaning the coast, because it had a beach and sandflat. Later, the area was designated as Gwangan because it was recommended to use the "an of comfort" word for feng shui.
The total area of the sand beach is 82,000m2, 1.4km long, and 25m to 110m wide, and the Busan Fireworks Festival is held here every August. Gwangalli is a rip-off paradise at this time. The StarCraft Professional League tournament was also an annual venue from 2004 to 2010, a beach that is well-known to e-sports people.
Unlike Haeundae, which is all about hotels, restaurants, and entertainment, the beach is mostly residential, and until the 1990s, commercial districts were crowded around Gwangan Hoe Center. In 2000, the Gwangan Bridge opened and its unique scenery was completed, and word of mouth spread throughout the beach, creating more cafes, businesses and redevelopment around the beach.
During the summer months, it is always crowded by Haeundae Beach and keeps the line in the number of visitors. The number of beachgoers is not so high, but the Busan Metropolitan Government gives the impression that it does not provide that much support compared to Haeundae. The sand beach quality is not so good, considering that there are occasional pebbles and hard stones in the sand presidents. At this point, the city seems to be operating with almost an event beach instead of its original purpose.
Unlike Haeundae, Gwangan-ri was not developed by first setting the function as a beach. During the Japanese Colonial Period, the representative beach in Busan was Songdo Beach, and Haeundae Beach was heard at that time, but once traffic problems were resolved, it was expected to develop into a vacation spot.
But Gwangalli was not an expected resort. Gwangalli was originally a fishing village for anchovies and other fish. And the summer vacation during Japanese occupation when swimming sessions for students at school, and trains the body to space was used. In other words, it has evolved from a place that started as a resort to a swimming pool in the offing of the neighborhood. Afterwards, beachgoers who flocked to Songdo and Haeundae began to flock to Gwangan-ri, which was later officially opened in the 1950s as vacationers gathered from other areas.
Gwangalli is an addition of a beach function to a fishing village, rather than a place where the beach was opened, with the goal of being developed as a resort from the beginning. Therefore, there is still a fishing port in Minnak-dong, and until the 90s, there was a fishing boat dock on the side that was directly attached to the beach. Compared to Mipo Harbor, a fishing port currently located in Haeundae, and Minnak Port in Gwangan-ri, the size of the port is huge, because Gwangan-ri and Haeundae were fishing villages together until the Japanese Colonial Period, but Gwangan-ri maintained its character for longer as a fishing village. In the early 90s, fishermen laid their own plates in Minnak Port and sold fish that they caught on that day.
The fact that Gwangalli was not developed as a resort is starkly revealed when comparing photos from the 1970s. While Haeundae Beach in the 70s has a resort facility even though it has a vacant lot, Gwangan-ri in the 70s has a living facility. Gwangalli was functioning as a residential area to the extent that there was a factory at hand, and it still remains.
Therefore, compared with the current accommodation of Gwangan-ri and Haeundae, the high-end accommodation was extremely small in Gwangan-ri, and the difference was even worse until the 90s. In the first place, Busan residents[12] rather than out-of-towners visited more often, so they had to develop around meals rather than lodging. In the 21st century, when Gwangan-ri became known to foreign tourists, the beach view was differentiated from other beaches and held events, which led to an increase in the number of lodging facilities in Gwangan-ri. Because of this background, Gwangalli still has more low and medium-priced accommodation such as guest houses than luxury ones. Of course, Haeundae has mid- to low-priced guest houses, but the location of the ocean view is almost dominated by luxury hotels.On the other hand, the guest house in Gwangan-ri has many places to see the sea. Originally, there are not many luxury hotels.As a result, the mid- to low-priced accommodation was able to take up the location of Ocean View, which is usually occupied by luxury hotels, and the mid- to low-priced hotels could not even dreamed of.
There are also signs that Gwangalli was not developed as a resort. Unlike Haeundae, Gwangalli is that the residential area is right next to the beach. Haeundae Beach has lodging on the beach, followed by commercial districts such as Haeundae Market and shopping center, followed by residential areas. On the other hand, Gwangalli has a residential facility on the beach (the coastal road) right in front of the sea, and there is a residential facility at the location where Haeundae will have a shopping facility. In the first place, commercial facilities were mixed up in the presence of residential
With many young people busking, tourists from different countries, and residential areas around them, there are also many citizens who came out for a walk or exercise.
In fact, Busan citizens tend to visit Gwangalli, which is a little bit quieter than Haeundae Beach, where vacationers from all over the country gather to enjoy sea bathing. Instead, young and ill-wishers go to Haeundae for the purpose of hunting/play/snowballing (?), not bathing. In fact, if you're here for a few days, you'd prefer Haeundae Beach with many hotels, but if you're just visiting for a day, Gwangalli with many restaurants and places to play around is much better.
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