Seoul City to Increase Public Leisure Camping Sites... New Site at Aengbongsan and Expansion at Cheonwangsan

New 'Aengbongsan Camping Site' Established, 'Cheonwangsan Family Camping Site' Expanded
From Next Year, Camping Sites Available in Northwest (Aengbongsan) and Southwest (Cheonwangsan) Areas

Location map of Aengbongsan Camping Site

[Asia Economy Reporter Lim Cheol-young] Seoul City announced on the 22nd that it will create new and expanded campgrounds by the end of this year to heal citizens' minds and expand leisure spaces for a healthy recovery of daily life.

By the end of this year, the newly established ‘Aengbongsan Campground’ in the northwest area and the expanded ‘Cheonwangsan Family Campground’ in the southwest area will allow the use of a total of nine campgrounds throughout Seoul without any region being excluded. The campgrounds to be created will utilize the beautiful natural environment and forest resources of the respective areas to enhance the public value of forests while providing forest recreation services to citizens.

The newly established ‘Aengbongsan Campground’ will be developed on a 12,500㎡ site in Seoorung Neighborhood Park at 382-2 Jingwan-dong, Eunpyeong-gu, with a project cost of 3.9 billion KRW. It will be equipped with convenience facilities such as parking lots, restrooms, and shower rooms, as well as camping facilities including 32 camping sites, and is scheduled to be completed by the end of the year.

The ‘Cheonwangsan Family Campground’ in Hang-dong, Guro-gu, which has been operating since September 2020, will be expanded by the end of the year to welcome more citizens. Due to increased demand for campgrounds after COVID-19, an additional 10 camping sites will be created by the end of this year with an investment of 1 billion KRW, allowing more citizens to enjoy camping.

In particular, around the Cheonwangsan Family Campground, urban agriculture experience facilities such as terraced rice paddy experience sites, smart farm centers, and urban vegetable gardens are well established, and a book resting area is expected to be completed by 2022, making it an optimal healing space that people of all ages from infants to the elderly can enjoy.

Furthermore, Seoul City operates a total of eight campgrounds with 667 sites, including Noeul Park and Jungnang Camping Forest, to alleviate the inconvenience of campers traveling to other regions due to a lack of camping spaces and to allow camping near urban parks. With the addition and expansion of these two campgrounds, all four regions of Seoul will be able to enjoy campgrounds without exclusion. In addition, in the second half of the year, the ‘Seoul Parks’ website system will be improved to provide integrated information and make reservations for campgrounds more convenient.

Yoo Young-bong, Director of the Seoul Metropolitan Government’s Green City Bureau, said, “The popularity of Seoul’s campgrounds, where people can enjoy natural environments and outdoor activities close to home, is steadily increasing,” and added, “We will do our best to continuously expand campgrounds by region to meet the growing demand for camping.”

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