Photo: Korea Tourism Organization

Pohang International Fireworks Festival

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

D-17

Dates: 2026-11-19 ~ 2026-11-21
Venue: Yeongildae Beach, 48 Haean-ro, Buk-gu, Pohang-si, Gyeongsangbuk-do (Hanggu-dong)View map ›
Contact: 054-289-7852~6

Buk-gu, Pohang City visitors (forecast)(est.)

Plenty

4% more than usual this time last year

Whole-Buk-gu, Pohang City stats, not the festival grounds

Expected crowds by date

11/19 (Thu)Plenty+5% vs usual

11/20 (Fri)Plenty+3% vs usual

11/21 (Sat)Plenty+5% vs usual

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

· Same weekdays last year (11-20 ~ 11-22): average daily non-resident & foreign visitors to Buk-gu, Pohang City 96.8K people
· Usual (same weekdays in the 4 weeks before) daily average 92.6K people → 1.04×
· 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)

Plenty is set by visitor growth versus usual.