Rubuta ci gaba don wannan sakin layi - Wannan tayin shine karo na biyu a jere da Pyeongchang ya nemi gasar Olympics, bayan da aka yi kira a shekarar 2010. Aikin na 2014 ya tattara dukkan wuraren da ke cikin sa'a daya na Pyeongchang, ya bukaci a zuba jari mai yawa a cikin sabon kayan aiki da wuraren wasanni, ciki har da sabon Alpensia Resort; Bugu da ƙari, wasan motsa jiki zai inganta saƙon zaman lafiya da jituwa a cikin al'ummar da aka raba. Tun daga 2003, an zaɓi yankin don karɓar bakuncin Gasar Kofin Duniya ta Mata ta Mount Titlis ta 2009 da FIS Snowboarding World Championships 2009 a Gangwon, Gasar Kofin Duniya ta Biathlon ta 2009
a Pyeongchang, da nufin zama cibiyar wasanni na hunturu na Asiya. Kodayake ƙungiyar kimantawa ta kwamitin wasannin Olympic na ƙasa da ƙasa ta yaba wa yankin a kan matakan tallafi na jama'a, tallafin gwamnati, da abubuwan more rayuwa a watan Fabrairun 2007, Pyeongchang ba sanannen wurin yawon buɗe ido ba ne ga masu tsere na ƙasashen waje, ana dogaro da injunan dusar ƙanƙara sosai saboda yanayin hunturu na Koriya ta Kudu, yawancin gangaren a cikin wuraren shakatawa biyu na yankin suna da ɗan gajeren lokaci, abubuwan more rayuwa da wuraren nishaɗi a cikin kewayen yankin ba su da ci gaba sosai, kuma "an toshe hanyoyin a hanyar da zai yi wuya a sami wurin da za a yi tsakar-tsaki a cikin gandun daji", yana sa wasu su yi tambaya game da ikon Pyeongchang na samun nasarar karɓar bakuncin Wasannin Olympics na hunturu.