The National Natural Recreation Forest Attracted 19 Million Visitors Annually... Peak Season Competition Rate 5 to 1

The Korea Forest Service announced on the 28th that the number of visitors to national natural recreation forests exceeded 19 million annually last year.

The popularity of natural recreation forests continues this year as well. During the peak summer season (July 15 to August 24), a total of 114,110 people applied to use 41 natural recreation forests and forest camping sites operated by the National Natural Recreation Forest Management Office. The average competition rate was 5 to 1.

The number of registered users of the natural recreation forest reservation system, ‘Supnadeul-e’, has been increasing every year. The number of registered users rose from 3.67 million in 2019 to 4.67 million in 2021, and 5.79 million in 2023.

In particular, this month, the number of Supnadeul-e registered users surpassed 6 million. The 6 millionth registrant was given the benefit of using (staying at) the national natural recreation forests free of charge up to five times on weekdays annually.

Considering the annual increase in visitors to natural recreation forests, the Korea Forest Service and the National Natural Recreation Forest Management Office plan to thoroughly manage facilities to ensure that visitors can stay safely and comfortably without inconvenience.

They also plan to continuously improve the ‘Supnadeul-e’ system so that anyone can easily and conveniently use the natural recreation forests.

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