明洞商业街，面积0.44km2常住人口5千人,比起作为居住地的功能，作为典型的商街，1天的流动人口超过200万，每年400万人以上的外国观光客来此，是韩国最好的购物、观赏场所，2000年3月被政府指定为观光特区。

    在此地很好地保存着中国大使馆、明洞圣堂等韩国文物级建筑物，同时也是拥有超现代戏式大型购物广场和商场、观光酒店、100多家金融机构、数千家服装及各种服饰专卖店、饮食、娱乐、休闲等多种多样的观光资源和便利设施的天赐之观光胜地，引领最新潮流的时尚之街，充满年轻与生动感的活力之街，受到韩国人喜爱的韩国最好的商业街。

    特别是在这里，1980年以后的一段时间里，热望韩国民主化的示威队把宗教设施明洞圣堂当全集会处，整天与警察对峙，满是催泪弹，感到商街存亡危机的商人们于1990年结成了[明洞商街繁荣会]，宣布[和平之街]努力促使示威队和警察消失，在创造在和平的氛围中享受庆典的今日明洞方面具有深远意义之街。

INTRODUCTION

Myeong-dong commercial area, a total area of 0.44km2 and a settle population of 5,000 is a typical commercial area with a floating population of over 2million It is the best place for shopping and tourism in Korea, where over 4 million tourists visit the area annually In March of 2000,it was designated as the Tourism Special District by the central government.

It is home of well preserved historic buildings such as Chinese embassy and Myeong-dong Cathedral and modem facilities including department stores, hotels, over 100 financial institutes, over 1,000 clothing and fashion malls, restaurants, entertainments, leisure for the tourism. It is also home of creating recent fashion trend with young and vitality as the best commercial district in Korea.