Summer Peak Season 'National Natural Recreation Forest' User Lottery Application Open

A scenic photo of the Forest House within the National Sinseodo Natural Recreation Forest. Provided by the National Natural Recreation Forest Management Office.

[Asia Economy (Daejeon) Reporter Jeong Il-woong] The National Natural Recreation Forest Management Office announced on the 25th that it will accept lottery applications from July 1 to 7 for selecting users of the National Natural Recreation Forest during the summer peak season (July 15 to August 24).

Lottery applications can be made through the Supnadeul-e website, and the lottery results will be announced at 9 a.m. on July 9.

Winners must pay the usage fee between July 9 and 16, and if payment is not made during this period, the winning will be canceled.

Also, depending on the local spread of COVID-19, reservations may be canceled even if selected in the peak season lottery.

Anyone registered on the Supnadeul-e website can apply for one room or camping facility per person for up to 2 nights and 3 days. However, on the last day of the peak season (August 24), applications are only allowed for 1 night and 2 days.

The Natural Recreation Forest Management Office plans to conduct the peak season lottery using the lottery method implemented on the blockchain platform BaaS (Blockchain as a Service) by KT Co., Ltd., which has been operating since December last year to ensure a fair lottery system.

Rooms not selected in next month's lottery will be available for lottery applications later in July, considering the COVID-19 spread situation.

Meanwhile, last summer's peak season lottery saw about 70,000 applicants, with an average competition rate of 4.4 to 1 for rooms and 1.63 to 1 for camping decks.

The most competitive room was the ‘Widosok House’ (Wido Hang) at Byeonsan Natural Recreation Forest in Buan, Jeonbuk, with a competition rate of 119 to 1, and the camping facility with the highest competition rate was ‘Camping Deck No. 201’ at Gariwangsan Natural Recreation Forest in Jeongseon, Gangwon, with a rate of 18 to 1.

This year, due to social distancing measures to prevent the spread of COVID-19, only 1,055 rooms (49%) of the total rooms are available for application (reservation).

This content was produced with the assistance of AI translation services.