the Daejeon Tomato Festival is held in Busan
A unique tomato from Busan is known as the Daejeon tomato. It was first grown in Daejeon-dong, Busan, thus the name. The Daejeon tomato, which is cultivated in this region and has a high sugar content, has a distinctive, salty flavor due to the area's saline soil and seaside setting. Given that it is listed as an agricultural product under the geographical indicator system, the tomato is well known for its worth.
Therefore, every year, the Daejeon Tomato Festival is held in Busan to highlight the excellent flavor of Daejeon tomatoes, which are cultivated on the rich soil along the Nakdong River. The goal of the Daejeon Tomato Festival is to showcase the excellence and fantastic flavor of Daejeon tomatoes, which have a fifty-year reputation for being of the highest quality and grown in the fertile soil of the Nakdong River delta. The festival also aims to promote regionally produced goods in order to revitalize the rural economy by broadening the distribution of food. It will promote community harmony and motivate farmers to continue working on the land.
On April 6 and 7, the yearly Daejeo Tomato Festival returns to Gangseo Sports Park. People have many opportunities to try delicacies prepared with tomatoes at this much-liked festival of regional production, as well as to purchase some of the wonderful red beauties at lower costs than normal. Free tastings, presentations of various tomato-based recipes, and the preparation of a huge plate of spaghetti are some of the festival's highlights.
