Nationwide Forest Welfare Facilities Reopen... Program Use and Accommodation Available

Visitors to forest welfare facilities are participating in a forest healing program. Provided by Korea Forest Welfare Institute

[Asia Economy (Daejeon) Reporter Jeong Il-woong] The operation of forest welfare facilities nationwide will resume.

The Korea Forest Welfare Institute announced on the 19th that it will resume the operation of 15 forest welfare facilities nationwide, which had been temporarily closed to prevent the spread of the novel coronavirus infection (COVID-19).

The facilities resuming operation include ▲National Forest Healing Center (Yeongju and Yecheon, Gyeongbuk) ▲National Forest Experience Centers (Hoengseong, Gangwon; Chilgok, Gyeongbuk; Jangseong, Jeonnam; Cheongdo, Gyeongbuk; Daejeon) ▲National Healing Forests (Yangpyeong, Gyeonggi; Ulju Daewoonsan, Ulsan; Daegwallyeong, Gangneung, Gangwon; Gimcheon, Gyeongbuk; Jecheon, Chungbuk; Gokseong, Jeonnam). Available rooms are those with fewer than 10 people. Rooms for 10 or more people can be used only if fewer than 10 people stay.

However, the National Yesan Healing Forest will remain closed for the time being due to flood recovery work, regardless of the spread of infectious diseases.

The Forest Welfare Institute will also operate forest education and healing programs conducted by forest welfare experts such as forest interpreters and forest healing instructors on a limited basis. Each program can accommodate fewer than 20 participants under the condition of complying with social distancing.

Reservations for forest welfare facilities can be made through the integrated reservation system on the Forest Welfare Institute’s website. Telephone reservations for each facility are also possible up to three days before the date of use.

However, the Forest Welfare Institute has informed that facility operations and reservations may be canceled depending on the COVID-19 spread situation and government policies.

Other details regarding the resumption of forest welfare facility use can be checked through the Institute’s integrated reservation website.

Lee Chang-jae, Director of the Forest Welfare Institute, said, “We will strive to provide safe forest welfare services while complying with government quarantine guidelines so that citizens exhausted by the prolonged COVID-19 pandemic can safely rest in the forest.”

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