The Muju Firefly Festival attracted over 720,000 tourists from around the world in 2014. The festival is now the second most popular festival in the nation. The festival takes place at the habitat for fireflies and marsh snails the fireflies feed on, which will also become an open ecology lab to further discover the wonders of nature.
The festival has now garnered a global praise, enough that it was also listed on CNN’s travel website CNNgo. The article features Seopdari Bridge in Namdaecheon Stream, the highlight of the firefly festival, as one of the 50 must-see spots in Korea.