WUWhat's Up in Korea
Events
Happening now
First published
Oct 8, 2026
Substantive editorial change
Oct 8, 2026
Practical facts checked
Oct 8, 2026
Translation updated (not a fact check)
Oct 8, 2026

2026 World Island Fair Yeosu Korea

The 2026 Yeosu World Island Fair runs September 5–November 4, with its main venue in Dolsan Jinmo and linked venues on Gaedo, Geumodo and at the Yeosu Expo Center. The main venue is listed as open 10:00–21:00, with general admission and ticket sales through 20:00. The same official hours table also lists a 20:40 final entry for exhibition halls, so the cutoffs conflict; contact the organizer (+82-1899-2695) before a late visit. Regular tickets are ₩15,000/adult, ₩9,000/youth and ₩6,000/child; night tickets are ₩8,000/₩5,000/₩3,000 with entry 17:00–20:00. Auxiliary venues are generally 10:00–18:00, but programs and ferries vary. The Oct 6 main-venue closure has passed. A notice posted Oct 6 says some shuttle routes were consolidated from Oct 7 and a new weekday timetable was posted. Yeosu advises using outer parking and free shuttles/city buses because Dolsan roads are narrow; its traffic guidance warns weekend/holiday access can take 1–2 hours or more.

Start
Sep 5, 2026, 10:00 AM KST
End
Nov 4, 2026, 9:00 PM KST
Venue
돌산 진모지구 주행사장, 개도·금오도 및 여수세계박람회장 부행사장
Address
196 Gangnam-haean-ro, Dolsan-eup, Yeosu-si, Jeonnam-Gwangju Integrated Special City, Korea (main venue)
Why it matters now

The fair continues through Nov 4. The official schedule lists the 3rd Jeonnam Kimbap Festival, 2026 Salt Expo and seafood/mudflat promotion halls at the Expo Center on Oct 9–11, plus main-venue fireworks at 19:40 on Oct 10 and 20:10 on Oct 11 (THE BIG SHOW at 18:30 on Oct 10). Two original Naver visit posts gave different impressions: a Sep 29 post described sparse weekend attendance and a quick, disappointing exhibition visit; an Oct 3 evening visitor enjoyed hands-on areas and fireworks but arrived too late for Theme Island. A Sep 7 post was a preview guide, not a visit review. Two accounts cannot establish typical crowds or event scale. Arrive earlier for the full exhibitions and check same-day show/shuttle notices for a night visit. No official attendance figure was verified.