The two of the seven islands that Korea Tourism Organization(KTO) picked; Koekum Island, above, and Kokum Island, below, for the immeasurable tourism assets that these two islands have including scenic beauties and historic sites.(Photos: KTO)

Korea Tourism Organization (KTO) recommended a number of unusual tourist destinations around the country. They are islands linked with bridges and can be enjoyed by drivers at this time when the summer is around the corner.

The islands will make great driving excursions for tourists, especially those had been unable to for fear of getting seasick on ferries. Of course some feared missing the last boat back – making visiting some islands difficult logistically.

Driving is easy. Juts pick an island, map it out and drive there. Here are some of the islands the KTO recommended:

Yeonghung Island

Youngheung Island, just off Incheon, is located a couple of hours from Seoul. It is a great example of one of the island.

The Youngheung Grand Bridge leads to the island after passing two small islets on the way - also off Incheon - the Daebu islet and Sonjei Islet.

Simripo Beach on the island has some nice views, including a view of Incheon Int’l Airport over the horizon and the Incheon Grand Bridge, making for two very impressive views from the beach. A small forest of pine trees and a walk on Gunrakji on the beach are also the sceneries that should not be missed.

Kunsan’s Gokusakun Islet

The Gokusakun Islet is famous for the 57 small islets bunched surround them. The Sunyu Island is known for one of its fairytales that angels lived there. Sceneries is incredibly beautiful, as it is surrounded by a number of small islets such as Daejang, Muneo and Jangja islets.

Keokum Island

The island just off Koheung City in North Jeolla Province became accessible to car drivers with a 2,028-meter long bridge opened in 2011 to connect the island from Koheung City.

To coincide with the bridge opening, the Kim Il Memorial Gym, also, opened on the island to commemorate the famous late professional wrestler, a Kokeum Island native nicknamed as the “Bakchiki King” who made it big in the pro-wrestling world first in Japan and later in Korea.

None of his opponents can survive after hits with his “Bakchiki” or head butts at the matches.

Kogeum Island

The island is the second largest among the many small islets in the Koheung County, South Jeolla Province, and has been known for the island’s three bridges including the Changbogo Grand Bridge, the longest of them, connects the mainland and the two connecting islets in the same county, the Sinji and the Joak islets, located not too far off from Kogeum Island.

The bridge was named after Adm. Chang Bo-go of the Silla Dynasty, who ruled the seas off Jeju Island and beyond with his fleet of ships based in Cheunghae-jin Harbor in Wando, South Jeolla Province, in the 8th century.

Chang Bogo (787–846) rose to prominence in the Later Silla period of Korea as a powerful maritime figure who effectively controlled the Yellow Sea (West Sea), and dominated the trade between Silla, Heian Japan, and Tang China for decades.

Kadeok Island

The island was a major trading port in the United Silla Dynasty and a key strategic harbor for ships entering the Busan and Chinhae harbors in the Joseon Dynasty (1395-1910) period of Korea.

The island boasts some of the historic relics from these periods the most recent ones being those leftover from the Russo-Japanese war(1904-1905) and Japanese colonial period(1910-1945).

The most notable one is a long underground military fortress, a tunnel, dug by the Korean laborers forcibly recruited by the Japanese colonial authorities to do hard labors.