Autumn Hiking Club Unstoppable: Setting Up Tables and Drinking in Rest Area Parking Spaces...
Drinking Parties Cause Highway Rest Area Strain
"Under Guidance but No Improvement"
As autumn outings increase and highway traffic rises, highway rest areas are struggling. Group tourists arriving by large buses have been causing displeasure by holding drinking parties in parking spaces.
According to Yonhap News on the 8th, around 8:30 a.m. at a rest area on the Namhae Expressway in Gimhae-si, Gyeongnam, about 20 hikers were drinking with several folding tables set up next to a tourist bus parked in the parking lot.
Group Tourists Throwing a Drinking Party at a Highway Rest Area
Photo by Yonhap News
Driver A, who stopped briefly at the rest area to buy drinking water, said in an interview with Yonhap News, "It wasn't just one bus, but groups of hikers from dozens of buses at the rest area were setting up tables and holding drinking parties."
A said, "The smell of kimchi pancakes, boiled pork, and dried radish strips was strong throughout the rest area," adding, "They sat blocking the front of parking spaces to eat, and they were blocking the vehicle traffic lanes in the parking lot, which was inconvenient."
He continued, "I knew many hiking clubs come in autumn, but it seems to have gotten worse since COVID restrictions were lifted," and "There were foreigners at the rest area, and seeing that scene was embarrassing."
Group Tourists Throwing a Drinking Party at a Highway Rest Area
Photo by Yonhap News
The 'rest area drinking party' scenes are frequently witnessed during the autumn season when tourists increase. It is not uncommon for trash to be carelessly disposed of and for tourists to leave without cleaning up, and sometimes fights break out among tourists.
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According to the rest area, setting up tables and eating in the parking lot is prohibited. A rest area official said, "We are conducting guidance activities, but there are so many similar incidents that there are limits to the guidance."
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