🟪 Drenched in purple: Inspired by their native balloon flower, residents of South Korea's Banwol and Bakji Islands have painted their houses, roads and bridges in shades of the hue, and planted purple flowers such as lavender to transform their town reut.rs/30MzvUw 1/4 
The tiny, tranquil islands have a little more than 100 residents and were picked for a tourism project supported by the government. Restaurants on the islands offer purple rice and serve food on purple plates. Some residents have taken to the purple project with gusto 2/4
Visitors can walk three purple footbridges connecting the two islands to the larger one near it, with benches decorated with the ‘I purple you’ slogan made popular by K-pop band #BTS’ member Kim Tae-hyung, more commonly known as V, which means ‘I trust, love and support you’ 3/4
Those wearing purple are even allowed free entry to the islands. 'We couldn’t travel overseas due to COVID-19, so we visited these purple islands instead,' said visitor Shin Eun-me reut.rs/3vtL6pC by @minubak and Daewoung Kim 4/4
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