Gyeongnam Provincial Special Judicial Police to Crack Down on Illegal Operations of Unregistered Campsites

The special judicial police of Gyeongnam Province will conduct a planned crackdown on unregistered campgrounds from August 1 to September 31.

On the 1st, the special judicial police announced that the crackdown aims to prevent the proliferation of unregistered campgrounds operating illegally without campground business registration.

They will inspect ▲whether the campground business is registered ▲whether individual sewage treatment facilities are installed ▲and compliance with other related laws such as the Farmland Act and Mountainous Area Management Act concerning campground establishment, to identify violating businesses.

Gyeongnam Provincial Government Office.
Photo by Lee Seryeong

According to the special judicial police, campground businesses must operate in compliance with relevant laws under the Tourism Promotion Act, including installing safety and hygiene facilities and subscribing to campground accident liability insurance.

Unregistered campgrounds that fail to comply with these requirements lack safety and hygiene facilities, increasing the risk of safety accidents.

Kim Eun-nam, Director of the Social Disaster Division, said, “Since the increase in campers after COVID-19, campground business registrations have risen, and there is concern that unregistered campgrounds taking advantage of this trend will become rampant.” He added, “Unregistered campgrounds are blind spots in safety and hygiene management, and leaving them unchecked threatens the safety of residents and can cause water pollution due to unauthorized sewage discharge.”

He continued, “We will apply a zero-tolerance policy and strongly punish unregistered campgrounds that threaten residents’ safety.”

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