Photo: Korea Tourism Organization

2026 DandanDandan Festival

2026 단단단페스티벌 · Name and venue are machine-translated by Papago. Fees are in the original Korean.

D-24

Gangneung City visitors (forecast)(est.)

Quiet

4% fewer than usual this time last year

Whole-Gangneung City stats, not the festival grounds

Expected crowds by date

11/26 (Thu)Quiet-6% vs usual

11/27 (Fri)Quiet-5% vs usual

11/28 (Sat)Quiet-3% vs usual

Compares local visitors on the same weekday last year with usual levels

· Same weekdays last year (11-27 ~ 11-29): average daily non-resident & foreign visitors to Gangneung City 90.5K people
· Usual (same weekdays in the 4 weeks before) daily average 94.4K people → 0.96×
· Measured for the whole district, so small festivals may show little change.

Quiet
~+5%

Plenty
~+20%

Moderate
~+50%

Crowded
~+100%

Very crowded
+100%+

Source: KTO DataLab (mobile visitors, daily by district)

Quiet is set by visitor growth versus usual.