Busan Fireworks Festival returns to Gwangalli after three-year COVID break
On 29 October 2022 the Busan Fireworks Festival returned to Gwangalli Beach in person for the first time since the pandemic began.
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The Busan Fireworks Festival was held on 29 October 2022 at Gwangalli Beach, in front of the Gwangan Bridge. It was the first full in-person edition since 2019, after COVID-19 restrictions led organisers to cancel or scale back the event in 2020 and 2021.
The festival is one of South Korea's biggest annual fireworks shows. It is organised by Busan city and run around the beach and the illuminated bridge, with music and themed displays launched from the sea and from barges. The 2022 show drew a crowd that organisers and local media put at around one million people, and visitors filled the beach, nearby streets and surrounding buildings.
The return mattered for the city's tourism and for local businesses in the Gwangalli area, which had lost seasonal trade during the pandemic. It also put crowd management in the spotlight, as authorities deployed police and safety staff to handle the large numbers. The edition set the baseline for later festivals at Gwangalli.
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