'Weekday Discounts' Pilot Operation for Tiered Fees at National Natural Recreation Forests

Exterior view of the Forest Culture Recreation Center building within the National Tonggosan Natural Recreation Forest. Provided by the National Natural Recreation Forest Management Office.

[Asia Economy (Daejeon) Reporter Jeong Il-woong] The Korea National Park Service will pilot a differentiated weekday and weekend usage fee for six national natural recreation forests nationwide.

According to the Recreation Forest Management Office on the 29th, the differentiated weekday and weekend usage fees will be applied to 174 rooms within Oseosan, Sangdang Fortress, Bokjusan, Tonggosan, Unmunsan, and Unjangsan National Natural Recreation Forests from September to December.

Discount benefits are given as 10% for groups of up to 5 people and 20% for groups of 6 or more. However, weekday usage fee discounts cannot be combined with local resident or multi-child family discounts.

Reservations for rooms eligible for discounts during the pilot operation period can be made on a first-come, first-served basis starting at 9 a.m. on the 29th of this month through the ‘Supnadeul-e’ website.

Meanwhile, recreation forest users must strictly follow the five personal quarantine rules and four supplementary rules announced by the Central Disaster and Safety Countermeasures Headquarters, as well as hygiene rules and behavioral guidelines specific to each facility.

Additionally, reservations may be unavoidably canceled depending on the future spread of the novel coronavirus disease (COVID-19) in each region.

Lee Young-rok, Director of the Korea National Park Service, said, “We are piloting differentiated room usage fees for six recreation forests,” adding, “Through this, we hope to relieve the social fatigue accumulated due to the prolonged COVID-19 pandemic and increase the number of people healing their mind and body in nature.”

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