Gwangju Nam-gu Shared Goods Center Receives Great Response Amid Camping Boom

[Asia Economy Honam Reporting Headquarters Reporter Park Jin-hyung] The Gwangju Nam-gu Shared Goods Center, which opened last March, is gaining great popularity riding the wave of family camping in the COVID-19 era.

According to the 'Nam-gu Shared Goods Center 6-Month Rental Status' data on the 6th, the total number of item rentals at the center from March to the end of September was 573.

In particular, during the three months from July to September, the summer vacation and camping season, the number of rentals accounted for 321, or 56% of the total rentals.

Popular rental items include camping chairs, wagons that can carry camping equipment all at once, mats, tents for 4 to 5 people, and camping grills.

The reason camping items were rented out rapidly is analyzed to be because the daily rental fee is very cheap, and many residents want to spend cozy time with their families in quiet places to avoid COVID-19.

Additionally, among the weekdays from Monday to Friday when the Nam-gu Shared Goods Center is open, Friday, the day before the start of holidays, was found to be the most actively operated day.

Looking at the rental status by day of the week from July to September, in July alone, a total of 17 rentals (counted as one rental even if multiple items were rented by one person) were made every Friday, which was more than the total 15 rentals from Monday to Thursday of the same month.

The number of rentals every Friday in August and September was 16 and 21 respectively, overwhelmingly more than on other days.

Besides this, Monday was the most active day for item returns.

An official from Nam-gu said, “The Shared Goods Center is a place to share limited resources together, and anyone who is a resident of Nam-gu can use it,” adding, “Various household items and tools are also stocked along with camping equipment, so we ask for your active use.”

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